Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don’t want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it’s the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.
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I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it.
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Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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I know a lot of angry liberals right now. Hell, I know a lot of angry vegans.
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We need to hear everyone. We need dialogue between police and the community. They’re angry. They’re hurt. A dialogue can cause a shift in consciousness in the person if he’s understanding you and listening.
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[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it’s a big success story for everyone – except the music industry itself.
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You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
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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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I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When you extend the seconds of stillness, that’s when you’re able to think and learn.
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Meditation helps everything.
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It’s always marketeers building their own careers.
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The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best
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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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Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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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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