It’s all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap. If you want to be a lawyer, see yourself as a lawyer, go to the library and start learning the law. If you want to be a rapper, start rapping and get out there. Live your life as if you already are where you want to be.
RUSSELL SIMMONSNowadays, 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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You have to learn to laugh all the time. It’s a practice of life. It’s a practice of happiness.
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I know a lot of angry liberals right now. Hell, I know a lot of angry vegans.
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Mistakes only cost you when you don’t acknowledge them.
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I don’t miss my prayers and I don’t miss my yoga. Those things are important to me.
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The elected officials should be working for the voters who elected them. Money corrupts the process. Why would you be giving a candidate money unless you expect something in return?
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The soundtrack in the poetry is the soundtrack from your own heartbeat.
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My wife Kimora once told me while we were watching “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” that it’s a vegetarian movie because the way that the woman was screaming, “Aaaahhh,” and trying to run away is how every animal you eat reacted at the slaughterhouse.
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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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If you don’t break a hole through the brick wall, don’t just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that wall.
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Quiet time is the key. We have hundreds of thousands of kids around the country meditating through the David Lynch Foundation.
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I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
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Get your hustle on… Hard work is easy, working out is hard.
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You’ve got to do things that promote what’s important.
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When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.
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You will be a great entrepreneur if you operate with a real sincere wanting to serve.
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