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I want people to be free and to be able to express themselves, to find the best ways to say things so that people can digest them.

Russell Simmons

When you’re a good giver you’re a good getter.
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Giver Inspirational Karma
Not every move you make has to be a great leap
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Great Leap Moving
I would like to employ more people but I don’t want to empower my charities at the cost of exploiting people or doing things that are not useful, so I’m working on that.
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Empowering People Want
Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under.
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Gangsta Government Rapper
The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, (“to think”) and tra (“tool’). So the literal translation is “a tool of thought.”
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Buddhist Men Thinking
Urban pop culture is its own phenomena that is for some reason is left out of Hollywood. It’s the most mainstream thing there is.
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Culture Hollywood Urban
I am very lucky that I have talented and creative people around me. Also, mediation has been a very big part of my freedom, because it allows me to watch all the things going on and allows me to focus.
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Creative Focus People
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
Meditation can reintroduce you to the part that’s been missing.
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Meditating Meditation Missing
Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.
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Lasts Wife Years
The less you need, the more you attract.
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Attract More Needs
Mistakes only cost you when you don’t acknowledge them.
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Acknowledge Cost Mistake
If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, you’ll always make the right decision.
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Breath Decision Remember
Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
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Clouds Labels Vision
I just said let’s get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too.
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Believe English Men Speak
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

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