Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.
RUSSELL SIMMONSPeople 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.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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An animal products diet is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
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They’re lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.
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[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.
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I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.
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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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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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You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.
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I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
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I don’t want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.
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But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
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The biggest impediment to get the laws changed was the lobbyists. Whether you’re talking about healthcare, jobs going overseas, or tax reform, you’re always coming up against lobbyists.
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The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, (“to think”) and tra (“tool’). So the literal translation is “a tool of thought.”
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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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You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you… happiness is your natural state.
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The politicians already in office don’t want to change. A few might have it in their hearts to change and to start working for the people, but even some of the most progressive politicians are silent because they know that the candidate with the most money wins.
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