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They’re lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.

Russell Simmons

Black actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write.
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Country Inspiration Writing
I think the artist’s job throughout history has been to tell – to say things that people are inspired by.
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Artist Jobs Thinking
You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
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Development Life Self Want
Cruelty is cruelty, whether it’s cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.
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Cat Children Dog
You have to be present, awake and happy now.
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Awake Happy Now Present
The greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.
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Meditation Noise Tools
You’ll see a lot of funny stuff, you’ll see a lot of daddy knows best stuff, you’ll see a lot of me and my wife trying to hold the family together.
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Daddy Family Funny
Give what you want to receive. If you want happiness, make others happy.
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Giving Happy Make Others Stay Strong
An animal products diet is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
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Animal Cigarette Smoking
The less you need, the more you attract.
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Attract More Needs
If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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Faith Passionate Vision
When the mind is totally still, there’s only bliss. I got a piece of that reality from my first yoga class, from smiling and breathing in every difficult pose. I went, “Oh my God! I’m clear! I love this!”
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Breathing Reality Yoga
I don’t like to say, Oh, this is my favorite record because there was a moment that that record made me feel a certain way. The one on the radio at the present moment could be the one that’s most inspiring, because it’s at that second that you’re aware of “the infinite everything.”
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Radio Records Way
Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
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Broken Hollywood People
It’s all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap. If you want to be a lawyer, see yourself as a lawyer, go to the library and start learning the law. If you want to be a rapper, start rapping and get out there. Live your life as if you already are where you want to be.
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Fall Law Rap
[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it’s a big success story for everyone – except the music industry itself.
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Artist Events People

They’re lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.

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