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.
RUSSELL SIMMONSHip-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.
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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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You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That’s why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that.
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Everyone’s part of a team that develops over the years and gives people chances. There have been some good moments watching people develop.
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Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don’t want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it’s the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare.
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Good givers are great getters.
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Get unstuck from whatever it is you perceive is holding you back from realizing your dreams.
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I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.
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Whatever you chase will run away from you. So, stop chasing success and realize you already have it all.
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People are afraid of failure – they don’t like to work so hard and have people keep saying, ‘No.’ I think that’s what people fear most.
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As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.
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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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Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.
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The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best
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