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Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.

Russell Simmons

I just said let’s get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too.
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Believe English Men Speak
And that’s how mantras are used in Buddhist and Hindu practices, as tools that clear your mind of distractions. Because when you focus on repeating that mantra over and over again, soon the noise will die down and all you will hear is your inner voice.
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Again Distraction Mantras Practices Soon
You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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Able People Thinking
As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.
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Long Moving Vision
You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you… happiness is your natural state.
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Happiness Happy Inspirational
Good givers are great getters.
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Getters Giver Great
The biggest impediment to get the laws changed was the lobbyists. Whether you’re talking about healthcare, jobs going overseas, or tax reform, you’re always coming up against lobbyists.
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Biggest Changed Lobbyist Overseas
You have to be present, awake and happy now.
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Awake Happy Now Present
A person’s strength is to know their weaknesses.
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Knows Persons Weakness
I kind of think that artists throughout history, poets throughout history have been criticized for sharing what’s on people’s minds and I don’t think it’s any different now.
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Artist Different People Sharing Thinking
Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem, they always wanted the finer things in life.
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Hip Hop Life Things
I don’t fault business. If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That’s why legislation and regulations are necessary.
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Compassion Remember Running
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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Break Through Digging Wall
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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Community Creating Safe
I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
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Hip Hips Hop Offensive
No one wants to sell to just 12% of the population for the entire length of their careers. It creates a difficult and less-profitable environment. But Hollywood has lived with that limiting mantra, and only a few black stars have managed to break through.
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Break Career Stars Through

Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.

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