I want people to be free and to be able to express themselves, to find the best ways to say things so that people can digest them.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI want people to be free and to be able to express themselves, to find the best ways to say things so that people can digest them.
RUSSELL SIMMONSYou’ve got to do things that promote what’s important.
RUSSELL SIMMONSIf you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It’s a step process.
RUSSELL SIMMONSLast year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI ask everyone – white Hollywood and black Hollywood – to get outside of your comfort zone and make friends. That’s where they’re going to learn from each other, and that’s where they’re going to make better movies and make Hollywood a better place.
RUSSELL SIMMONSYou have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
RUSSELL SIMMONSIf you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThe 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.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI don’t like to say, Oh, this is my favorite record because there was a moment that that record made me feel a certain way. The one on the radio at the present moment could be the one that’s most inspiring, because it’s at that second that you’re aware of “the infinite everything.”
RUSSELL SIMMONSThe concept is that through a disciplined approach to work and self-sacrifice, Tapas will burn away the negativity that separates us from God. By working our hardest and happily enduring the hardships of life we are able to create a sense of peace and clarity in ourselves.
RUSSELL SIMMONSWhen the mind is totally still, there’s only bliss. I got a piece of that reality from my first yoga class, from smiling and breathing in every difficult pose. I went, “Oh my God! I’m clear! I love this!”
RUSSELL SIMMONSYour purpose is to act on the resources God gives you. If God gives you a bucket of fish, you have to distribute those fish. If you don’t, they’re going to rot, attract a bunch of flies, and start stinking up your soul.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI don’t believe that people create their own visions. Rather, I believe that visions are actually God’s way of communicating with us.
RUSSELL SIMMONSIf 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.
RUSSELL SIMMONSWhatever you chase will run away from you. So, stop chasing success and realize you already have it all.
RUSSELL SIMMONSIn the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is going to be you. Not the world. YOU.
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