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Russell Simmons

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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Biggest Changed Lobbyist Overseas
I think if you’re open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you’re closed, you might not get to go where the road is heading.
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Journey Running Thinking
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
Those who need nothing attract everything.
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Attract Everything Needs
I don’t want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.
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Hollywood Waiting Want
The greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.
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Meditation Noise Tools
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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Community Hard Reflection Work
My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them.
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Artist Creative Culture
If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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Faith Passionate Vision
Well, it’s the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.
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Hands Movement Rights
I think the artist’s job throughout history has been to tell – to say things that people are inspired by.
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Artist Jobs Thinking
The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best
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Giving Happiness Keys
I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it.
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Hollywood Incredibly Thinking
Nowadays, if you’re a great artist, you don’t have to leave the house, which is a really big difference. You’re closer to the artist. And the artist can be closer to their artistry without having to always worry about branding themselves or building something image-wise.
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Artist Differences Wise
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
Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
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Exists Involved Own

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