Get your hustle on… Hard work is easy, working out is hard.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThere’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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That happens to me everyday. I watch my thoughts, not only on the mat, but all through the day.
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I don’t know that God favors the person who has a greater reach than those who have a small reach. It’s the intention. I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others.
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If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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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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The elected officials should be working for the voters who elected them. Money corrupts the process. Why would you be giving a candidate money unless you expect something in return?
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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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Nowadays, if you’re a great artist, you don’t have to leave the house, which is a really big difference. You’re closer to the artist. And the artist can be closer to their artistry without having to always worry about branding themselves or building something image-wise.
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I kind of think that artists throughout history, poets throughout history have been criticized for sharing what’s on people’s minds and I don’t think it’s any different now.
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I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens.
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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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I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
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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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Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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I couldn’t guarantee that someone could get off their medication. But I suspect that meditation instead of Ritalin would change the life of any kid with ADD.
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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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I don’t miss a day of yoga. I don’t miss my meditation… They’re way more important.
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You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you… happiness is your natural state.
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When you’re a good giver you’re a good getter.
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The soundtrack in the poetry is the soundtrack from your own heartbeat.
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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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I don’t want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.
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There are no failures, only quitters.
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The always-connected culture isn’t as much a contributor as Grace might think. The nervous mind, the monkey mind, will create its own noise. It doesn’t need a new toy.
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Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
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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 that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.
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