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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.

Russell Simmons

As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Long Moving Vision
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Community Hard Reflection Work
They’re lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Culture Giving Hollywood
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Anxiety Looks might
It’s always marketeers building their own careers.
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Building Careers
Needing nothing really is the ultimate goal. And to have nothing to do with things.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Goal Ultimate Ultimate Goal
[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it’s a big success story for everyone – except the music industry itself.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Artist Events People
An animal products diet is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
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Animal Cigarette Smoking
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.
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Communities People Suffering
I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.
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Diversity Oscars Thinking
I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Afraid Failure Inspirational Running Thinking
I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
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Choices Feels President
You have to be present, awake and happy now.
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Awake Happy Now Present
I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
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Hip Hips Hop Offensive
We need to hear everyone. We need dialogue between police and the community. They’re angry. They’re hurt. A dialogue can cause a shift in consciousness in the person if he’s understanding you and listening.
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Community Hurt Understanding
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 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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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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