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 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.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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Stay in your lane. If you’re good enough, people will move to you.
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Everyone’s part of a team that develops over the years and gives people chances. There have been some good moments watching people develop.
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When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.
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I have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl to a black university, like in Legally Blonde. I have so many fun projects.
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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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When the mind is totally still, there’s only bliss. I got a piece of that reality from my first yoga class, from smiling and breathing in every difficult pose. I went, “Oh my God! I’m clear! I love this!”
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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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Your purpose is to act on the resources God gives you. If God gives you a bucket of fish, you have to distribute those fish. If you don’t, they’re going to rot, attract a bunch of flies, and start stinking up your soul.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
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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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I was literally calling my customers who were complaining on social media and having a dialog with them, and sending them money.
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I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.
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Meditation helps everything.
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Get unstuck from whatever it is you perceive is holding you back from realizing your dreams.
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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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