You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
RUSSELL SIMMONSBlack actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
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I’m a big supporter of President Obama.
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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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Never change for the mainstream—stay in your lane, and if you’re talented and resilient enough the mainstream will come to you.
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The best way to protect both the policemen and the community going forward is by creating a system that’s just, where everyone feels safe.
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There’s one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is why cops go unindicted.
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Cruelty is cruelty, whether it’s cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.
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I couldn’t guarantee that someone could get off their medication. But I suspect that meditation instead of Ritalin would change the life of any kid with ADD.
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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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If it feels like your life has become a nasty, brackish puddle of water, never forget that you do possess the power to transform it into a beautiful, rushing stream that will carry you to enlightenment.
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I don’t want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.
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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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If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It’s a step process.
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Quiet time is the key. We have hundreds of thousands of kids around the country meditating through the David Lynch Foundation.
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The world belongs to the people who say, ‘I can’.
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