The greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.
RUSSELL SIMMONSYou need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
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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?
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American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.
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I can’t get my medicine.
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You will be a great entrepreneur if you operate with a real sincere wanting to serve.
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I think the artist’s job throughout history has been to tell – to say things that people are inspired by.
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There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
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I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.
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A person’s strength is to know their weaknesses.
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Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
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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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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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I don’t miss my prayers and I don’t miss my yoga. Those things are important to me.
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Quiet time is the key. We have hundreds of thousands of kids around the country meditating through the David Lynch Foundation.
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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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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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