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.
RUSSELL SIMMONSA clear and focused mind will last a lifetime. Getting your mind in shape is nothing less than the key to sustainable success in the world.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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The artists are now big brands.
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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 believe that people create their own visions. Rather, I believe that visions are actually God’s way of communicating with us.
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I think the artist’s job throughout history has been to tell – to say things that people are inspired by.
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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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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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Everything you need to know about success is inside of you, because I believe it is inside of all of us. That is, all human beings have potential for infinite success.
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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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There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
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I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.
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I am very lucky that I have talented and creative people around me. Also, mediation has been a very big part of my freedom, because it allows me to watch all the things going on and allows me to focus.
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Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
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I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
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You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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There is a subject – there is a research that says a man thinks about sex every 12 seconds. And so when an artist expresses something that’s sexual in music it is a reflection of our reality. If we want that reality changed, then we have to do things that affect the core.
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