People 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.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI 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.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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Get your hustle on… Hard work is easy, working out is hard.
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An animal products diet is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
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You can be anything you want to be, and you can start today, instead of waiting for some opportunity.
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Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
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Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
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Well, it’s the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.
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The always-connected culture isn’t as much a contributor as Grace might think. The nervous mind, the monkey mind, will create its own noise. It doesn’t need a new toy.
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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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Cruelty is cruelty, whether it’s cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.
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Good givers are great getters.
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Self-Development Quotes on: Courage, Honesty Any kind of lasting success is rooted in honesty.
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I just said let’s get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too.
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I don’t miss a day of yoga. I don’t miss my meditation… They’re way more important.
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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.
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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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