Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don’t want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it’s the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare.
RUSSELL SIMMONSLearn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
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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I’m lucky that I have a platform that I can answer my own questions.
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Meditation can reintroduce you to the part that’s been missing.
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The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.
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I don’t want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.
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I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.
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You’ve got to do things that promote what’s important.
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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.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
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I have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl to a black university, like in Legally Blonde. I have so many fun projects.
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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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No matter what you’re doing, try to work at that task like it’s your dream job.
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I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it.
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I’m always surrounded by smart talented people. I had talented partners. Stan Latham for one. Talent scouts.
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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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