The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, (“to think”) and tra (“tool’). So the literal translation is “a tool of thought.”
RUSSELL SIMMONSMy wife Kimora once told me while we were watching “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” that it’s a vegetarian movie because the way that the woman was screaming, “Aaaahhh,” and trying to run away is how every animal you eat reacted at the slaughterhouse.
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When you’re a good giver you’re a good getter.
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I can’t pay my [bills]. I can’t go to work. My car is out of gas.
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If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.
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I don’t miss my prayers and I don’t miss my yoga. Those things are important to me.
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I’m always surrounded by smart talented people. I had talented partners. Stan Latham for one. Talent scouts.
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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.
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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 don’t use my brain about the creative thing. From a business standpoint, I instinctively do things: when I get something right, it’s never because I use my brain.
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Not every move you make has to be a great leap
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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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I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
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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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You will be a great entrepreneur if you operate with a real sincere wanting to serve.
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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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