Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThe stuff I do, I do every day, and I’ve been doing it for long periods of time. I don’t start and quit-ever. I start and stay on it.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.
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I have faith in people and our government ultimately to do the right thing. And to my brothers and sisters in California, I’m there with you every step of the way until that day comes…
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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.
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The soundtrack in the poetry is the soundtrack from your own heartbeat.
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I just said let’s get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too.
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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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The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.
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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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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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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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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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You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you… happiness is your natural state.
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I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
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I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it. The gatekeepers who are the most progressive activists inspired to make the world better… they’re better people, right? They’re segregated. It’s self segregated in some cases, but there’s nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.
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You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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