I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.
RUSSELL SIMMONSNo matter what we’ve done or where we’ve been, every single one of us can change.
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I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it.
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Antisemitism is just another form of racism. It’s the same sickness, whether it’s about Christians, about Islamophobia, which is horrible. It’s all wrong. It’s all the same.
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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 would never condone violence against women in any form, and for all of those I offended, I am sincerely sorry.
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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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I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it. The gatekeepers who are the most progressive activists inspired to make the world better… they’re better people, right? They’re segregated. It’s self segregated in some cases, but there’s nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.
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The artists are now big brands.
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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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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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The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.
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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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Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.
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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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You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
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