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I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.

Russell Simmons

I think the artist’s job throughout history has been to tell – to say things that people are inspired by.
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Artist Jobs Thinking
I mostly eat healthy. I just do. I’m not a vegan for health reasons – although obviously I’m 20 pounds lighter than when I started. I stayed 20 pounds lighter. I feel better. My friends say I look better. All that’s true. But I’m a vegan for compassionate reasons.
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Better Feel Healthy Looks
I think that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.
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Culture Rap Thinking
A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special prosecutors when a police officer kills or injures a civilian.
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Broken Color Justice
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
[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.
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Artist Events People
Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
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People Smarter Surround Yourself
I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.
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Keys People Thinking
I’m a big supporter of President Obama.
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Country President Support
Get your hustle on… Hard work is easy, working out is hard.
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Hard Hustle Out Work
The greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.
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Meditation Noise Tools
I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.
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Diversity Oscars Thinking
Meditation helps everything.
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Everything Helping Meditation
Well, it’s the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.
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Hands Movement Rights
The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.
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Creativity Done Imagination
The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, (“to think”) and tra (“tool’). So the literal translation is “a tool of thought.”
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Buddhist Men Thinking

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