You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
RUSSELL SIMMONSNo 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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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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Not every move you make has to be a great leap
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The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.
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And that’s how mantras are used in Buddhist and Hindu practices, as tools that clear your mind of distractions. Because when you focus on repeating that mantra over and over again, soon the noise will die down and all you will hear is your inner voice.
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Embrace struggle… It is your greatest teacher.
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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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I’m a big supporter of President Obama.
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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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When you’re a good giver you’re a good getter.
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If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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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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I can’t pay my [bills]. I can’t go to work. My car is out of gas.
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There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
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My wife Kimora once told me while we were watching “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” that it’s a vegetarian movie because the way that the woman was screaming, “Aaaahhh,” and trying to run away is how every animal you eat reacted at the slaughterhouse.
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They’re lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.
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