I think that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThe seconds of presence are where most inspiration comes. There are sunsets that promote it.
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 try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.
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Mistakes only cost you when you don’t acknowledge them.
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I don’t miss my prayers and I don’t miss my yoga. Those things are important to me.
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I can’t pay my [bills]. I can’t go to work. My car is out of gas.
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Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.
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Good givers are great getters.
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The always-connected culture isn’t as much a contributor as Grace might think. The nervous mind, the monkey mind, will create its own noise. It doesn’t need a new toy.
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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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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 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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That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.
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There are no failures, only quitters.
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I think when you’re very dedicated to something and you’re engaged fully, you become a giver.
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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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