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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.

Russell Simmons

I had too many businesses that are frivolous. I have enough. What interests me most is under-served communities. We need a new style of empowering these people, and new approaches.
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Community Empowering People
You can be anything you want to be, and you can start today, instead of waiting for some opportunity.
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Anything Opportunity Waiting
Good givers are great getters.
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Getters Giver Great
The less you need, the more you attract.
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Attract More Needs
The stuff I do, I do every day, and I’ve been doing it for long periods of time. I don’t start and quit-ever. I start and stay on it.
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Long Running Stuff
I think it’s very important. I’ve gone into prisons to meditate with inmates. It’s something I plan to do with Tim Robbins soon.
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Gone Important Thinking
The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.
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Opening Opportunity World
I don’t know that God favors the person who has a greater reach than those who have a small reach. It’s the intention. I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others.
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Benefits Favor Trying
The concept is that through a disciplined approach to work and self-sacrifice, Tapas will burn away the negativity that separates us from God. By working our hardest and happily enduring the hardships of life we are able to create a sense of peace and clarity in ourselves.
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Concept Enduring God Negativity Working
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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Ballet Country People Suffering
When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.
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Giving Reservations World
You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.
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Business Entrepreneur People
It’s very simple: When you’re working your hardest, the world opens up to you.
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Entrepreneur Open Simple World
Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under.
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Gangsta Government Rapper
Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.
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Helpful Helping People Question
I would like to employ more people but I don’t want to empower my charities at the cost of exploiting people or doing things that are not useful, so I’m working on that.
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Empowering People Want

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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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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