I really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I’m a good giver without expectations.
RUSSELL SIMMONSIf 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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You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you… happiness is your natural state.
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Meditation can reintroduce you to the part that’s been missing.
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If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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Antisemitism is just another form of racism. It’s the same sickness, whether it’s about Christians, about Islamophobia, which is horrible. It’s all wrong. It’s all the same.
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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 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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You have to be present, awake and happy now.
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Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.
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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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You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
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It is only through opening your hearts will you be able to see that by promoting freedom for all, you are unchaining yourself. I guess I’m an optimist.
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When you’re a good giver you’re a good getter.
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Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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A person’s strength is to know their weaknesses.
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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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