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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.

Russell Simmons

It’s very simple: When you’re working your hardest, the world opens up to you.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Entrepreneur Open Simple World
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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Beach Hbo Years
Never change for the mainstream—stay in your lane, and if you’re talented and resilient enough the mainstream will come to you.
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Enough Never Change Resilient
If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It’s a step process.
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People Process Steps
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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Hurt Laughing People
Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under.
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Gangsta Government Rapper
Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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Goal Simple Trying
Mistakes only cost you when you don’t acknowledge them.
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Acknowledge Cost Mistake
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
I think when you’re very dedicated to something and you’re engaged fully, you become a giver.
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Dedicated Giver Thinking
I know a lot of angry liberals right now. Hell, I know a lot of angry vegans.
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Hell Now Right Vegan
I don’t know that God favors the person who has a greater reach than those who have a small reach. It’s the intention. I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others.
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Benefits Favor Trying
Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
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People Smarter Surround Yourself
You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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Able People Thinking
That happens to me everyday. I watch my thoughts, not only on the mat, but all through the day.
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Day Every My Thoughts Watches
You’ve got to do things that promote what’s important.
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Important Promote Things

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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