I think it’s very important. I’ve gone into prisons to meditate with inmates. It’s something I plan to do with Tim Robbins soon.
RUSSELL SIMMONSAmerican democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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The less you need, the more you attract.
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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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No matter what we’ve done or where we’ve been, every single one of us can change.
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People are afraid of failure – they don’t like to work so hard and have people keep saying, ‘No.’ I think that’s what people fear most.
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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 mostly eat healthy. I just do. I’m not a vegan for health reasons – although obviously I’m 20 pounds lighter than when I started. I stayed 20 pounds lighter. I feel better. My friends say I look better. All that’s true. But I’m a vegan for compassionate reasons.
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I think when you’re very dedicated to something and you’re engaged fully, you become a giver.
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Embrace struggle… It is your greatest teacher.
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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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You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.
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Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.
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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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Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under.
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Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.
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