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I know a lot of angry liberals right now. Hell, I know a lot of angry vegans.

Russell Simmons

I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn’t a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him.
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Fire Genius Records
The world belongs to the people who say, ‘I can’.
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Belongs People World
Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
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People Smarter Surround Yourself
The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, (“to think”) and tra (“tool’). So the literal translation is “a tool of thought.”
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Buddhist Men Thinking
You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
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Black Needs People
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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Canditate Giving More Process
I had too many businesses that are frivolous. I have enough. What interests me most is under-served communities. We need a new style of empowering these people, and new approaches.
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Community Empowering People
You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.
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Business Entrepreneur People
I’m a big supporter of President Obama.
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Country President Support
No matter what we’ve done or where we’ve been, every single one of us can change.
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Change Changing Optimistic People
A poet or a comedian can say what’s on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh. It may be so truthful that it hurts, but it makes you laugh.
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Hurt Laughing People
Donald Trump’s not politically correct. Although you are running for president, you should be politically correct. But there is also the expression of an artist.
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Artist Expression Running
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
I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
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Hip Hips Hop Offensive
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 difference between blues, jazz, rock n’ roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It’s scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug.
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Pain Rap Rock

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