Your purpose is to act on the resources God gives you. If God gives you a bucket of fish, you have to distribute those fish. If you don’t, they’re going to rot, attract a bunch of flies, and start stinking up your soul.
RUSSELL SIMMONSHappy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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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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Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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I think the artist’s job throughout history has been to tell – to say things that people are inspired by.
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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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When you’re a good giver you’re a good getter.
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Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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The less you need, the more you attract.
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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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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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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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You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
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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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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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Needing nothing really is the ultimate goal. And to have nothing to do with things.
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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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