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

Russell Simmons

Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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Goal Simple Trying
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.
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Mind Two Want
I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When you extend the seconds of stillness, that’s when you’re able to think and learn.
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Anxiety Insomnia Thinking
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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Circumstance Done Matter
I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.
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People Trying Voice
I was literally calling my customers who were complaining on social media and having a dialog with them, and sending them money.
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Calling Complaining Media
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 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 fault business. If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That’s why legislation and regulations are necessary.
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Compassion Remember Running
When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.
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Giving Reservations World
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
It’s all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap. If you want to be a lawyer, see yourself as a lawyer, go to the library and start learning the law. If you want to be a rapper, start rapping and get out there. Live your life as if you already are where you want to be.
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Fall Law Rap
Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
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Art Form Noise Stillness
Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.
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Educational Knowledge Running
Money doesn’t make u happy .. But happy makes you money.
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Happen Make Money
Not every move you make has to be a great leap
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Great Leap Moving

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