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The world belongs to the people who say, ‘I can’.

Russell Simmons

My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Artist Creative Culture
The biggest impediment to get the laws changed was the lobbyists. Whether you’re talking about healthcare, jobs going overseas, or tax reform, you’re always coming up against lobbyists.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Biggest Changed Lobbyist Overseas
An animal products diet is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
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Animal Cigarette Smoking
Your purpose is to act on the resources God gives you. If God gives you a bucket of fish, you have to distribute those fish. If you don’t, they’re going to rot, attract a bunch of flies, and start stinking up your soul.
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Buckets Giving Soul
Money doesn’t make u happy .. But happy makes you money.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Happen Make Money
The artists are now big brands.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Artists Bigs Brands
I want to talk a little bit abut two things: clarity and cloudiness. Both of them quiet the mind. One quiets it, the other numbs it. either way, there’s less thought, and the less thought, the more happiness.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Mind Two Want
The less you need, the more you attract.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Attract More Needs
You’ll see a lot of funny stuff, you’ll see a lot of daddy knows best stuff, you’ll see a lot of me and my wife trying to hold the family together.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Daddy Family Funny
[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
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Beach Hbo Years
If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It’s a step process.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

People Process Steps
Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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Goal Simple Trying
Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Clouds Labels Vision
You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Development Life Self Want
You have to learn to laugh all the time. It’s a practice of life. It’s a practice of happiness.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Happiness Laughing Practice

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