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.
RUSSELL SIMMONSMy 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.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world.
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I just said let’s get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too.
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Give what you want to receive. If you want happiness, make others happy.
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Black actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write.
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I think if you’re open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you’re closed, you might not get to go where the road is heading.
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No matter where you’re from or what you’ve done, you’re never stuck in a particular circumstance, relationship, or cycle unless you say you are.
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Antisemitism is just another form of racism. It’s the same sickness, whether it’s about Christians, about Islamophobia, which is horrible. It’s all wrong. It’s all the same.
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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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If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It’s a step process.
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I’m a full disclosure kind of person.
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An animal products diet is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
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Those who need nothing attract everything.
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I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
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As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.
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The biggest impediment to get the laws changed was the lobbyists. Whether you’re talking about healthcare, jobs going overseas, or tax reform, you’re always coming up against lobbyists.
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