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Russell Simmons

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
No one wants to sell to just 12% of the population for the entire length of their careers. It creates a difficult and less-profitable environment. But Hollywood has lived with that limiting mantra, and only a few black stars have managed to break through.
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Break Career Stars Through
Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
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Happy Make Money
The greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.
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Meditation Noise Tools
Everything you need to know about success is inside of you, because I believe it is inside of all of us. That is, all human beings have potential for infinite success.
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Believe Business Success
I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
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Bigs Gay Thinking
You have to be present, awake and happy now.
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Awake Happy Now Present
I would like to employ more people but I don’t want to empower my charities at the cost of exploiting people or doing things that are not useful, so I’m working on that.
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Empowering People Want
It’s always marketeers building their own careers.
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Building Careers
Urban pop culture is its own phenomena that is for some reason is left out of Hollywood. It’s the most mainstream thing there is.
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Culture Hollywood Urban
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
I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.
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Diversity Oscars Thinking
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
Whatever you chase will run away from you. So, stop chasing success and realize you already have it all.
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Chasing Realizing Running
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
There’s one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is why cops go unindicted.
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Issues Long Police
I think it’s very important. I’ve gone into prisons to meditate with inmates. It’s something I plan to do with Tim Robbins soon.
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Gone Important Thinking
You will be a great entrepreneur if you operate with a real sincere wanting to serve.
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Entrepreneur Real Sincere
You have to learn to laugh all the time. It’s a practice of life. It’s a practice of happiness.
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Happiness Laughing Practice
Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.
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Educational Knowledge Running
I’m always surrounded by smart talented people. I had talented partners. Stan Latham for one. Talent scouts.
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People Smart Talent
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
I’m lucky that I have a platform that I can answer my own questions.
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Answers Lucky Platform
If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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Faith Passionate Vision
I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.
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Afraid Failure Inspirational Running Thinking
I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn’t a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him.
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Fire Genius Records
I don’t like to say, Oh, this is my favorite record because there was a moment that that record made me feel a certain way. The one on the radio at the present moment could be the one that’s most inspiring, because it’s at that second that you’re aware of “the infinite everything.”
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Radio Records Way

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