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.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThose who need nothing attract everything.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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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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The world belongs to the people who say, ‘I can’.
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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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Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
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Give what you want to receive. If you want happiness, make others happy.
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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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As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.
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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 think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.
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Everything you need to know about success is inside of you, because I believe it is inside of all of us. That is, all human beings have potential for infinite success.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
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A person’s strength is to know their weaknesses.
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Good givers are great getters.
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When you’re a good giver you’re a good getter.
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There is a subject – there is a research that says a man thinks about sex every 12 seconds. And so when an artist expresses something that’s sexual in music it is a reflection of our reality. If we want that reality changed, then we have to do things that affect the core.
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