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The elected officials should be working for the voters who elected them. Money corrupts the process. Why would you be giving a candidate money unless you expect something in return?

Russell Simmons

I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When you extend the seconds of stillness, that’s when you’re able to think and learn.
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Anxiety Insomnia Thinking
I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
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Choices Feels President
I think if you’re open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you’re closed, you might not get to go where the road is heading.
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Journey Running Thinking
Embrace struggle… It is your greatest teacher.
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Encouraging Inspirational Life
The stuff I do, I do every day, and I’ve been doing it for long periods of time. I don’t start and quit-ever. I start and stay on it.
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Long Running Stuff
You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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Able People Thinking
Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
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People Smarter Surround Yourself
The world belongs to the people who say, ‘I can’.
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Belongs People World
The biggest impediment to get the laws changed was the lobbyists. Whether you’re talking about healthcare, jobs going overseas, or tax reform, you’re always coming up against lobbyists.
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Biggest Changed Lobbyist Overseas
I think when you’re very dedicated to something and you’re engaged fully, you become a giver.
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Dedicated Giver Thinking
But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
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Black Poor Rich White
I can’t pay my [bills]. I can’t go to work. My car is out of gas.
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Bills Car Pay
I’m not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other.
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Communities People Suffering
If you don’t break a hole through the brick wall, don’t just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that wall.
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Break Through Digging Wall
I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it. The gatekeepers who are the most progressive activists inspired to make the world better… they’re better people, right? They’re segregated. It’s self segregated in some cases, but there’s nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.
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People Self Thinking
American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.
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Democracy People Sight

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