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There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.

Russell Simmons

Never change for the mainstream—stay in your lane, and if you’re talented and resilient enough the mainstream will come to you.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Enough Never Change Resilient
Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Goal Positivity Promoting
Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Broken Hollywood People
I can’t pay my [bills]. I can’t go to work. My car is out of gas.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Bills Car Pay
Stay in your lane. If you’re good enough, people will move to you.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Enough Moving People
The politicians already in office don’t want to change. A few might have it in their hearts to change and to start working for the people, but even some of the most progressive politicians are silent because they know that the candidate with the most money wins.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Heart Office Winning
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Brain Creative Use
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Break Through Digging Wall
There are no failures, only quitters.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Failure No Quitter
Everyone’s part of a team that develops over the years and gives people chances. There have been some good moments watching people develop.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Chances Develop Everyone People
The conditions of suffering that exist today in our impoverished communities are not acceptable. The reflection of those conditions are less concerning to me. And I work everyday about changing the conditions.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Community Hard Reflection Work
Get your hustle on… Hard work is easy, working out is hard.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Hard Hustle Out Work
[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it’s a big success story for everyone – except the music industry itself.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Artist Events People
Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Happy Make Money
No matter what we’ve done or where we’ve been, every single one of us can change.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Change Changing Optimistic People
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Long Running Stuff

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