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Russell Simmons

My wife Kimora once told me while we were watching “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” that it’s a vegetarian movie because the way that the woman was screaming, “Aaaahhh,” and trying to run away is how every animal you eat reacted at the slaughterhouse.
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Animal Running Texas
I just said let’s get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too.
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Believe English Men Speak
The concept is that through a disciplined approach to work and self-sacrifice, Tapas will burn away the negativity that separates us from God. By working our hardest and happily enduring the hardships of life we are able to create a sense of peace and clarity in ourselves.
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Concept Enduring God Negativity Working
Needing nothing really is the ultimate goal. And to have nothing to do with things.
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Goal Ultimate Ultimate Goal
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
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 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
You’ve got to do things that promote what’s important.
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Important Promote Things
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
They’re lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.
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Culture Giving Hollywood
I don’t believe that people create their own visions. Rather, I believe that visions are actually God’s way of communicating with us.
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Believe Inspirational People
Get unstuck from whatever it is you perceive is holding you back from realizing your dreams.
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Dream Perceive Realize
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
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
I couldn’t guarantee that someone could get off their medication. But I suspect that meditation instead of Ritalin would change the life of any kid with ADD.
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Guarantees Kids Meditation
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

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