It’s all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap. If you want to be a lawyer, see yourself as a lawyer, go to the library and start learning the law. If you want to be a rapper, start rapping and get out there. Live your life as if you already are where you want to be.
RUSSELL SIMMONSYou have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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I think that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.
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No matter what you’re doing, try to work at that task like it’s your dream job.
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I’m a full disclosure kind of person.
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Whatever you chase will run away from you. So, stop chasing success and realize you already have it all.
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You’ve got to do things that promote what’s important.
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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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I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.
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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 really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I’m a good giver without expectations.
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Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
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I would like to employ more people but I don’t want to empower my charities at the cost of exploiting people or doing things that are not useful, so I’m working on that.
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Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
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If you don’t break a hole through the brick wall, don’t just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that wall.
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