Give what you want to receive. If you want happiness, make others happy.
RUSSELL SIMMONSYou cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you… happiness is your natural state.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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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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No matter what you’re doing, try to work at that task like it’s your dream job.
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I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.
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Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem, they always wanted the finer things in life.
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Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under.
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Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.
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I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
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My wife Kimora once told me while we were watching “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” that it’s a vegetarian movie because the way that the woman was screaming, “Aaaahhh,” and trying to run away is how every animal you eat reacted at the slaughterhouse.
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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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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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I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
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The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, (“to think”) and tra (“tool’). So the literal translation is “a tool of thought.”
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I 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.
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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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Whatever you chase will run away from you. So, stop chasing success and realize you already have it all.
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