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I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I’m not the only one who says it. It’s something I adopted and I believe.

Russell Simmons

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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Mind Two Want
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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Artist Differences Wise
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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Benefits Favor Trying
Urban pop culture is its own phenomena that is for some reason is left out of Hollywood. It’s the most mainstream thing there is.
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Culture Hollywood Urban
Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
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Happy Make Money
The biggest impediment to get the laws changed was the lobbyists. Whether you’re talking about healthcare, jobs going overseas, or tax reform, you’re always coming up against lobbyists.
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Biggest Changed Lobbyist Overseas
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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Brain Creative Use
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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Journey Running Thinking
Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
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Art Form Noise Stillness
No matter what you’re doing, try to work at that task like it’s your dream job.
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Dream Jobs Trying
I think that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.
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Culture Rap Thinking
I am very lucky that I have talented and creative people around me. Also, mediation has been a very big part of my freedom, because it allows me to watch all the things going on and allows me to focus.
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Creative Focus People
A person’s strength is to know their weaknesses.
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Knows Persons Weakness
Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
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Broken Hollywood People
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
Stay in your lane. If you’re good enough, people will move to you.
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Enough Moving People

I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I’m not the only one who says it. It’s something I adopted and I believe.

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I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I’m not the only one who says it. It’s something I adopted and I believe.

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