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I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it. The gatekeepers who are the most progressive activists inspired to make the world better… they’re better people, right? They’re segregated. It’s self segregated in some cases, but there’s nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.

Russell Simmons

Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.
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Art Express Way Yourself
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
It’s very simple: When you’re working your hardest, the world opens up to you.
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Entrepreneur Open Simple World
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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Expectations Giver Trying
If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That’s why legislation and regulations are necessary.
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Compassion Jobs Running
I want to talk a little bit abut two things: clarity and cloudiness. Both of them quiet the mind. One quiets it, the other numbs it. either way, there’s less thought, and the less thought, the more happiness.
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Mind Two Want
If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, you’ll always make the right decision.
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Breath Decision Remember
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.
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Anxiety Looks might
Money doesn’t make u happy .. But happy makes you money.
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Happen Make Money
I don’t believe that people create their own visions. Rather, I believe that visions are actually God’s way of communicating with us.
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Believe Inspirational People
I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn’t a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him.
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Fire Genius Records
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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Buddhist Men Thinking
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
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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Pain Rap Rock
I don’t fault business. If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That’s why legislation and regulations are necessary.
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Compassion Remember Running
I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I’m not the only one who says it. It’s something I adopted and I believe.
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Believe Causes Suffering

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