The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.
RUSSELL SIMMONSWhen you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.
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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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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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Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
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When you’re a good giver you’re a good getter.
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I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I’m not the only one who says it. It’s something I adopted and I believe.
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Give what you want to receive. If you want happiness, make others happy.
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I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.
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That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.
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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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I know a lot of angry liberals right now. Hell, I know a lot of angry vegans.
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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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The world belongs to the people who say, ‘I can’.
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I couldn’t guarantee that someone could get off their medication. But I suspect that meditation instead of Ritalin would change the life of any kid with ADD.
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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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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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