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

Russell Simmons

There is a subject – there is a research that says a man thinks about sex every 12 seconds. And so when an artist expresses something that’s sexual in music it is a reflection of our reality. If we want that reality changed, then we have to do things that affect the core.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Artist Reflection Sex Something
I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it. The gatekeepers who are the most progressive activists inspired to make the world better… they’re better people, right? They’re segregated. It’s self segregated in some cases, but there’s nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

People Self Thinking
Nowadays, if you’re a great artist, you don’t have to leave the house, which is a really big difference. You’re closer to the artist. And the artist can be closer to their artistry without having to always worry about branding themselves or building something image-wise.
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Artist Differences Wise
I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.
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People Trying Voice
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
Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
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Clouds Labels Vision
You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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Able People Thinking
Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
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Exists Involved Own
My wife Kimora once told me while we were watching “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” that it’s a vegetarian movie because the way that the woman was screaming, “Aaaahhh,” and trying to run away is how every animal you eat reacted at the slaughterhouse.
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Animal Running Texas
I’m a big supporter of President Obama.
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Country President Support
Get unstuck from whatever it is you perceive is holding you back from realizing your dreams.
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Dream Perceive Realize
But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
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Black Poor Rich White
The greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.
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Meditation Noise Tools
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
I want people to be free and to be able to express themselves, to find the best ways to say things so that people can digest them.
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Express Free Hope People Themselves
Meditation helps everything.
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Everything Helping Meditation

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