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Russell Simmons

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 SIMMONS

People Saying Thinking
There is a subject – there is a research that says a man thinks about sex every 12 seconds. And so when an artist expresses something that’s sexual in music it is a reflection of our reality. If we want that reality changed, then we have to do things that affect the core.
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Artist Reflection Sex Something
The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.
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Creativity Done Imagination
I can’t pay my [bills]. I can’t go to work. My car is out of gas.
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Bills Car Pay
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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Better Feel Healthy Looks
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

People Self Thinking
I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When you extend the seconds of stillness, that’s when you’re able to think and learn.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Anxiety Insomnia Thinking
I ask everyone – white Hollywood and black Hollywood – to get outside of your comfort zone and make friends. That’s where they’re going to learn from each other, and that’s where they’re going to make better movies and make Hollywood a better place.
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Black Hollywood White
I don’t miss my prayers and I don’t miss my yoga. Those things are important to me.
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Missing Prayer Yoga
There are no failures, only quitters.
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Failure No Quitter
I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
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Hip Hips Hop Offensive
You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Development Life Self Want
You have to be present, awake and happy now.
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Awake Happy Now Present
Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Exists Involved Own
I really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I’m a good giver without expectations.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Expectations Giver Trying
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Break Through Digging Wall

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