Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI 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.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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The less you need, the more you attract.
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I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.
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You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
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Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
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Everyone’s part of a team that develops over the years and gives people chances. There have been some good moments watching people develop.
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I think if you’re open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you’re closed, you might not get to go where the road is heading.
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People are afraid of failure – they don’t like to work so hard and have people keep saying, ‘No.’ I think that’s what people fear most.
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Meditation helps everything.
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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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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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You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you… happiness is your natural state.
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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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The research shows that if you meditate, the mind becomes still, and they can see the functionality and gray matter in the brain increase, the nervous system calm, the immune system improve and a reduction in stress.
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I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
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It is only through opening your hearts will you be able to see that by promoting freedom for all, you are unchaining yourself. I guess I’m an optimist.
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