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 SIMMONSLast year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.
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No matter what we’ve done or where we’ve been, every single one of us can change.
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I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it.
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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 mostly eat healthy. I just do. I’m not a vegan for health reasons – although obviously I’m 20 pounds lighter than when I started. I stayed 20 pounds lighter. I feel better. My friends say I look better. All that’s true. But I’m a vegan for compassionate reasons.
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There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That’s why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that.
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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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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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Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.
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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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Your purpose is to act on the resources God gives you. If God gives you a bucket of fish, you have to distribute those fish. If you don’t, they’re going to rot, attract a bunch of flies, and start stinking up your soul.
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They’re lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.
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I can’t pay my [bills]. I can’t go to work. My car is out of gas.
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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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