I don’t fault business. If 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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More Russell Simmons Quotes
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I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When you extend the seconds of stillness, that’s when you’re able to think and learn.
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I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
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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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I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I’m not the only one who says it. It’s something I adopted and I believe.
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Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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There’s one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is why cops go unindicted.
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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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Well, it’s the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.
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There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That’s why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that.
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But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
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It’s all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap. If you want to be a lawyer, see yourself as a lawyer, go to the library and start learning the law. If you want to be a rapper, start rapping and get out there. Live your life as if you already are where you want to be.
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No matter what you’re doing, try to work at that task like it’s your dream job.
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Quiet time is the key. We have hundreds of thousands of kids around the country meditating through the David Lynch Foundation.
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I’m lucky that I have a platform that I can answer my own questions.
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It’s very simple: When you’re working your hardest, the world opens up to you.
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It’s always marketeers building their own careers.
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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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Needing nothing really is the ultimate goal. And to have nothing to do with things.
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The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best
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I don’t miss my prayers and I don’t miss my yoga. Those things are important to me.
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Mistakes only cost you when you don’t acknowledge them.
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If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, you’ll always make the right decision.
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Whatever you chase will run away from you. So, stop chasing success and realize you already have it all.
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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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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.
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Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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