You can be anything you want to be, and you can start today, instead of waiting for some opportunity.
RUSSELL SIMMONSIf you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That’s why legislation and regulations are necessary.
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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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The greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.
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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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If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
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It’s very simple: When you’re working your hardest, the world opens up to you.
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I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn’t a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him.
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Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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Mistakes only cost you when you don’t acknowledge them.
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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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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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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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I couldn’t guarantee that someone could get off their medication. But I suspect that meditation instead of Ritalin would change the life of any kid with ADD.
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A poet or a comedian can say what’s on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh. It may be so truthful that it hurts, but it makes you laugh.
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You have to learn to laugh all the time. It’s a practice of life. It’s a practice of happiness.
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