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I really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I’m a good giver without expectations.

Russell Simmons

The seconds of presence are where most inspiration comes. There are sunsets that promote it.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Inspiration Seconds Sunset
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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Compassion Remember Running
I’m a big supporter of President Obama.
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Country President Support
My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them.
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Artist Creative Culture
In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is going to be you. Not the world. YOU.
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Dream Realizing World
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 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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Empowering People Want
No 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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Break Career Stars Through
You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you… happiness is your natural state.
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Happiness Happy Inspirational
I think the artist’s job throughout history has been to tell – to say things that people are inspired by.
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Artist Jobs Thinking
The best way to protect both the policemen and the community going forward is by creating a system that’s just, where everyone feels safe.
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Community Creating Safe
You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
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Black Needs People
Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world.
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Opportunity Share World
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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Brain Gray Matter Stress
When you’re a good giver you’re a good getter.
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Giver Inspirational Karma
There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
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Culture Hollywood Missing
If it feels like your life has become a nasty, brackish puddle of water, never forget that you do possess the power to transform it into a beautiful, rushing stream that will carry you to enlightenment.
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Beautiful Encouragement Rushing
Never change for the mainstream—stay in your lane, and if you’re talented and resilient enough the mainstream will come to you.
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Enough Never Change Resilient
I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.
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Diversity Oscars Thinking
If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It’s a step process.
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People Process Steps
You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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Able People Thinking
There are no failures, only quitters.
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Failure No Quitter
If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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Faith Passionate Vision
I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it.
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Hollywood Incredibly Thinking
Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.
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Helpful Helping People Question
Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
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Clouds Labels Vision
The soundtrack in the poetry is the soundtrack from your own heartbeat.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Heartbeat Poetry Soundtracks

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