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Russell Simmons

I don’t like to say, Oh, this is my favorite record because there was a moment that that record made me feel a certain way. The one on the radio at the present moment could be the one that’s most inspiring, because it’s at that second that you’re aware of “the infinite everything.”
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Radio Records Way
The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.
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Creativity Done Imagination
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
That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.
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Complete Intention Oscars
The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.
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Beach Hbo Years
I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens.
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Kids Running Want
Cruelty is cruelty, whether it’s cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.
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Cat Children Dog
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
But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
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Black Poor Rich White
Urban pop culture is its own phenomena that is for some reason is left out of Hollywood. It’s the most mainstream thing there is.
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Culture Hollywood Urban
There’s one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is why cops go unindicted.
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Issues Long Police
Meditation can reintroduce you to the part that’s been missing.
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Meditating Meditation Missing
I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.
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Afraid Failure Inspirational Running Thinking
You have to be present, awake and happy now.
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Awake Happy Now Present
I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I’m not the only one who says it. It’s something I adopted and I believe.
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Believe Causes Suffering
I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn’t a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him.
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Fire Genius Records

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