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You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.

Russell Simmons

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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Fall Law Rap
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Compassion Remember Running
I think when you’re very dedicated to something and you’re engaged fully, you become a giver.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Dedicated Giver Thinking
Cruelty is cruelty, whether it’s cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Cat Children Dog
Donald Trump’s not politically correct. Although you are running for president, you should be politically correct. But there is also the expression of an artist.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Artist Expression Running
Well, it’s the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.
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Hands Movement Rights
You’ll see a lot of funny stuff, you’ll see a lot of daddy knows best stuff, you’ll see a lot of me and my wife trying to hold the family together.
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Daddy Family Funny
The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, (“to think”) and tra (“tool’). So the literal translation is “a tool of thought.”
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Buddhist Men Thinking
I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
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Choices Feels President
The best way to protect both the policemen and the community going forward is by creating a system that’s just, where everyone feels safe.
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Community Creating Safe
No matter where you want to go, as long as you follow your path with faith, dedication and hard work, you are going to get there.
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Dedication Hard Long Work
Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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Choices Gratefulness Practice
No matter what you’re doing, try to work at that task like it’s your dream job.
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Dream Jobs Trying
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
I’m always surrounded by smart talented people. I had talented partners. Stan Latham for one. Talent scouts.
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People Smart Talent
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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Artist Reflection Sex Something

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