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Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under.

Russell Simmons

There are no failures, only quitters.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Failure No Quitter
I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
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Bigs Gay Thinking
I kind of think that artists throughout history, poets throughout history have been criticized for sharing what’s on people’s minds and I don’t think it’s any different now.
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Artist Different People Sharing Thinking
I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
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Choices Feels President
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
It’s always marketeers building their own careers.
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Building Careers
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Believe English Men Speak
Not every move you make has to be a great leap
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Great Leap Moving
Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
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People Smarter Surround Yourself
Donald Trump’s not politically correct. Although you are running for president, you should be politically correct. But there is also the expression of an artist.
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Artist Expression Running
Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.
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Educational Knowledge Running
I think it’s very important. I’ve gone into prisons to meditate with inmates. It’s something I plan to do with Tim Robbins soon.
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Gone Important Thinking
The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.
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Creativity Done Imagination
I think when you’re very dedicated to something and you’re engaged fully, you become a giver.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Dedicated Giver Thinking
No one wants to sell to just 12% of the population for the entire length of their careers. It creates a difficult and less-profitable environment. But Hollywood has lived with that limiting mantra, and only a few black stars have managed to break through.
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Break Career Stars Through
There is a subject – there is a research that says a man thinks about sex every 12 seconds. And so when an artist expresses something that’s sexual in music it is a reflection of our reality. If we want that reality changed, then we have to do things that affect the core.
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Artist Reflection Sex Something

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