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No matter where you’re from or what you’ve done, you’re never stuck in a particular circumstance, relationship, or cycle unless you say you are.

Russell Simmons

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
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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Animal Hurtful Thinking
The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.
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Opening Opportunity World
In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is going to be you. Not the world. YOU.
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Dream Realizing World
Get your hustle on… Hard work is easy, working out is hard.
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Hard Hustle Out Work
I think that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Culture Rap Thinking
The always-connected culture isn’t as much a contributor as Grace might think. The nervous mind, the monkey mind, will create its own noise. It doesn’t need a new toy.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Grace Mind Thinking
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.
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Community Hard Reflection Work
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
I think if you’re open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you’re closed, you might not get to go where the road is heading.
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Journey Running 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
The seconds of presence are where most inspiration comes. There are sunsets that promote it.
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Inspiration Seconds Sunset
It is only through opening your hearts will you be able to see that by promoting freedom for all, you are unchaining yourself. I guess I’m an optimist.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Brother Gay Heart
If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, you’ll always make the right decision.
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Breath Decision Remember
You have to learn to laugh all the time. It’s a practice of life. It’s a practice of happiness.
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Happiness Laughing Practice
It’s always marketeers building their own careers.
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Building Careers

No matter where you’re from or what you’ve done, you’re never stuck in a particular circumstance, relationship, or cycle unless you say you are.

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