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But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.

Russell Simmons

If it feels like your life has become a nasty, brackish puddle of water, never forget that you do possess the power to transform it into a beautiful, rushing stream that will carry you to enlightenment.
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Beautiful Encouragement Rushing
Give what you want to receive. If you want happiness, make others happy.
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Giving Happy Make Others Stay Strong
As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.
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Long Moving Vision
Antisemitism is just another form of racism. It’s the same sickness, whether it’s about Christians, about Islamophobia, which is horrible. It’s all wrong. It’s all the same.
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Christianity Racism Sickness
No one wants to sell to just 12% of the population for the entire length of their careers. It creates a difficult and less-profitable environment. But Hollywood has lived with that limiting mantra, and only a few black stars have managed to break through.
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Break Career Stars Through
I kind of think that artists throughout history, poets throughout history have been criticized for sharing what’s on people’s minds and I don’t think it’s any different now.
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Artist Different People Sharing Thinking
I had too many businesses that are frivolous. I have enough. What interests me most is under-served communities. We need a new style of empowering these people, and new approaches.
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Community Empowering People
I don’t know that God favors the person who has a greater reach than those who have a small reach. It’s the intention. I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others.
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Benefits Favor Trying
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.
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Culture Rap Thinking
You’ve got to do things that promote what’s important.
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Important Promote Things
I really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I’m a good giver without expectations.
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Expectations Giver Trying
The difference between blues, jazz, rock n’ roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It’s scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug.
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Pain Rap Rock
The politicians already in office don’t want to change. A few might have it in their hearts to change and to start working for the people, but even some of the most progressive politicians are silent because they know that the candidate with the most money wins.
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Heart Office Winning
I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
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Bigs Gay Thinking
Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
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Art Form Noise Stillness

But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.

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