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The conditions of suffering that exist today in our impoverished communities are not acceptable. The reflection of those conditions are less concerning to me. And I work everyday about changing the conditions.

Russell Simmons

I kind of think that artists throughout history, poets throughout history have been criticized for sharing what’s on people’s minds and I don’t think it’s any different now.
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Artist Different People Sharing Thinking
I think the artist’s job throughout history has been to tell – to say things that people are inspired by.
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Artist Jobs Thinking
If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It’s a step process.
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People Process Steps
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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Christianity Racism Sickness
The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.
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Creativity Done Imagination
If it feels like your life has become a nasty, brackish puddle of water, never forget that you do possess the power to transform it into a beautiful, rushing stream that will carry you to enlightenment.
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Beautiful Encouragement Rushing
I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
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Hip Hips Hop Offensive
I can’t get my medicine.
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Health Issue Medicine
A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special prosecutors when a police officer kills or injures a civilian.
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Broken Color Justice
No matter what we’ve done or where we’ve been, every single one of us can change.
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Change Changing Optimistic People
I think that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.
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Culture Rap Thinking
The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.
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Opening Opportunity World
I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.
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Afraid Failure Inspirational Running Thinking
If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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Faith Passionate Vision
I know a lot of angry liberals right now. Hell, I know a lot of angry vegans.
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Hell Now Right Vegan
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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Biggest Changed Lobbyist Overseas
Good givers are great getters.
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Getters Giver Great
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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People Rap White
No matter where you’re from or what you’ve done, you’re never stuck in a particular circumstance, relationship, or cycle unless you say you are.
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Circumstance Done Matter
Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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Goal Simple Trying
I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it. The gatekeepers who are the most progressive activists inspired to make the world better… they’re better people, right? They’re segregated. It’s self segregated in some cases, but there’s nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.
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People Self Thinking
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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Artist Creative Culture
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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Canditate Giving More Process
Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.
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Helpful Helping People Question
I was literally calling my customers who were complaining on social media and having a dialog with them, and sending them money.
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Calling Complaining Media
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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Brother Gay Heart
American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.
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Democracy People Sight

The conditions of suffering that exist today in our impoverished communities are not acceptable. The reflection of those conditions are less concerning to me. And I work everyday about changing the conditions.

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The conditions of suffering that exist today in our impoverished communities are not acceptable. The reflection of those conditions are less concerning to me. And I work everyday about changing the conditions.

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