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Russell Simmons

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 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.
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Artist Reflection Sex Something
When the mind is totally still, there’s only bliss. I got a piece of that reality from my first yoga class, from smiling and breathing in every difficult pose. I went, “Oh my God! I’m clear! I love this!”
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Breathing Reality Yoga
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
When you’re a good giver you’re a good getter.
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Giver Inspirational Karma
You’ve got to do things that promote what’s important.
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Important Promote Things
The stuff I do, I do every day, and I’ve been doing it for long periods of time. I don’t start and quit-ever. I start and stay on it.
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Long Running Stuff
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
You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
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Development Life Self Want
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 Thinking Trying
No matter what we’ve done or where we’ve been, every single one of us can change.
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Change Changing Optimistic People
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
The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best
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Giving Happiness Keys
There are no failures, only quitters.
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Failure No Quitter
I think it’s very important. I’ve gone into prisons to meditate with inmates. It’s something I plan to do with Tim Robbins soon.
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Gone Important Thinking
[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.
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Artist Events People

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