Well, it’s the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it.
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There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
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I’m a full disclosure kind of person.
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A poet or a comedian can say what’s on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh. It may be so truthful that it hurts, but it makes you laugh.
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The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best
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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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I don’t want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.
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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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Everything you need to know about success is inside of you, because I believe it is inside of all of us. That is, all human beings have potential for infinite success.
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I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens.
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Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
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The best way to protect both the policemen and the community going forward is by creating a system that’s just, where everyone feels safe.
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I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
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The world belongs to the people who say, ‘I can’.
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You will be a great entrepreneur if you operate with a real sincere wanting to serve.
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I would like to employ more people but I don’t want to empower my charities at the cost of exploiting people or doing things that are not useful, so I’m working on that.
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