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I don’t want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.

Russell Simmons

No matter what you’re doing, try to work at that task like it’s your dream job.
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Dream Jobs Trying
I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I’m not the only one who says it. It’s something I adopted and I believe.
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Believe Causes Suffering
Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
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Broken Hollywood People
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Christianity Racism Sickness
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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Pain Rap Rock
Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.
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Art Express Way Yourself
I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.
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People Trying Voice
There are no failures, only quitters.
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Failure No Quitter
I mostly eat healthy. I just do. I’m not a vegan for health reasons – although obviously I’m 20 pounds lighter than when I started. I stayed 20 pounds lighter. I feel better. My friends say I look better. All that’s true. But I’m a vegan for compassionate reasons.
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Better Feel Healthy Looks
I think that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.
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Culture Rap Thinking
American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.
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Democracy People Sight
I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it.
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Hollywood Incredibly Thinking
Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.
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Educational Knowledge Running
Mistakes only cost you when you don’t acknowledge them.
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Acknowledge Cost Mistake
If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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Faith Passionate Vision
Meditation can reintroduce you to the part that’s been missing.
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Meditating Meditation Missing

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