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I’m always surrounded by smart talented people. I had talented partners. Stan Latham for one. Talent scouts.

Russell Simmons

An animal products diet is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Animal Cigarette Smoking
They’re lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.
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Culture Giving Hollywood
I mostly eat healthy. I just do. I’m not a vegan for health reasons – although obviously I’m 20 pounds lighter than when I started. I stayed 20 pounds lighter. I feel better. My friends say I look better. All that’s true. But I’m a vegan for compassionate reasons.
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Better Feel Healthy Looks
I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Hip Hips Hop Offensive
A person’s strength is to know their weaknesses.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Knows Persons Weakness
You can be anything you want to be, and you can start today, instead of waiting for some opportunity.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Anything Opportunity Waiting
Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Goal Positivity Promoting
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Brain Creative Use
I can’t get my medicine.
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Health Issue Medicine
Embrace struggle… It is your greatest teacher.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Encouraging Inspirational Life
I ask everyone – white Hollywood and black Hollywood – to get outside of your comfort zone and make friends. That’s where they’re going to learn from each other, and that’s where they’re going to make better movies and make Hollywood a better place.
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Black Hollywood White
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Inspiring Keys Life
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Mind Two Want
A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special prosecutors when a police officer kills or injures a civilian.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Broken Color Justice
I had too many businesses that are frivolous. I have enough. What interests me most is under-served communities. We need a new style of empowering these people, and new approaches.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Community Empowering 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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Daddy Family Funny

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