You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI 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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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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The less you need, the more you attract.
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Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don’t want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it’s the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare.
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Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world.
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I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
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The world belongs to the people who say, ‘I can’.
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A clear and focused mind will last a lifetime. Getting your mind in shape is nothing less than the key to sustainable success in the world.
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My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them.
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If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It’s a step process.
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I don’t use my brain about the creative thing. From a business standpoint, I instinctively do things: when I get something right, it’s never because I use my brain.
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Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem, they always wanted the finer things in life.
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The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.
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Cruelty is cruelty, whether it’s cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.
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Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.
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You can be anything you want to be, and you can start today, instead of waiting for some opportunity.
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Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
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You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
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Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.
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I really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I’m a good giver without expectations.
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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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Money doesn’t make u happy .. But happy makes you money.
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Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
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Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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I want to talk a little bit abut two things: clarity and cloudiness. Both of them quiet the mind. One quiets it, the other numbs it. either way, there’s less thought, and the less thought, the more happiness.
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