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Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem, they always wanted the finer things in life.

Russell Simmons

A person’s strength is to know their weaknesses.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Knows Persons Weakness
You have to be present, awake and happy now.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Awake Happy Now Present
Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Happy Make Money
If you were elected president, would you publicly support special prosecutors in these cases and what is one other thing you would do to fix our broken justice system?
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Elected Justice President System
I think when you’re very dedicated to something and you’re engaged fully, you become a giver.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Dedicated Giver Thinking
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.
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People Self Thinking
I don’t like to say, Oh, this is my favorite record because there was a moment that that record made me feel a certain way. The one on the radio at the present moment could be the one that’s most inspiring, because it’s at that second that you’re aware of “the infinite everything.”
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Radio Records Way
I’m not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Communities People Suffering
There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
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Culture Hollywood Missing
Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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Goal Positivity Promoting
I am very lucky that I have talented and creative people around me. Also, mediation has been a very big part of my freedom, because it allows me to watch all the things going on and allows me to focus.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Creative Focus People
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
When you sit quietly and look inside, things that seem so difficult on the outside become a lot easier to digest. Concerns that might’ve caused a lot of anxiety just come and go.
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Anxiety Looks might
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
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
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Long Running Stuff

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