Get unstuck from whatever it is you perceive is holding you back from realizing your dreams.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI 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.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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A poet or a comedian can say what’s on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh. It may be so truthful that it hurts, but it makes you laugh.
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And that’s how mantras are used in Buddhist and Hindu practices, as tools that clear your mind of distractions. Because when you focus on repeating that mantra over and over again, soon the noise will die down and all you will hear is your inner voice.
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The elected officials should be working for the voters who elected them. Money corrupts the process. Why would you be giving a candidate money unless you expect something in return?
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Not every move you make has to be a great leap
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The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.
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I was literally calling my customers who were complaining on social media and having a dialog with them, and sending them money.
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Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.
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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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No matter what you’re doing, try to work at that task like it’s your dream job.
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I have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl to a black university, like in Legally Blonde. I have so many fun projects.
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Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it.
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I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
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Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
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Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
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Antisemitism is just another form of racism. It’s the same sickness, whether it’s about Christians, about Islamophobia, which is horrible. It’s all wrong. It’s all the same.
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You’ve got to do things that promote what’s important.
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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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A clear and focused mind will last a lifetime. Getting your mind in shape is nothing less than the key to sustainable success in the world.
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When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.
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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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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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I would like to employ more people but I don’t want to empower my charities at the cost of exploiting people or doing things that are not useful, so I’m working on that.
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You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
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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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