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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 Simmons

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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Democracy People Sight
It’s always marketeers building their own careers.
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Building Careers
Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.
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Art Express Way Yourself
I think when you’re very dedicated to something and you’re engaged fully, you become a giver.
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Dedicated Giver Thinking
Meditation can reintroduce you to the part that’s been missing.
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Meditating Meditation Missing
We need to hear everyone. We need dialogue between police and the community. They’re angry. They’re hurt. A dialogue can cause a shift in consciousness in the person if he’s understanding you and listening.
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Community Hurt Understanding
Embrace struggle… It is your greatest teacher.
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Encouraging Inspirational Life
You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
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Development Life Self Want
As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.
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Long Moving Vision
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
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
In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is going to be you. Not the world. YOU.
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Dream Realizing World
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.
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Ballet Country People Suffering
I don’t know that God favors the person who has a greater reach than those who have a small reach. It’s the intention. I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others.
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Benefits Favor Trying
I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
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Choices Feels President
An animal products diet is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
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Animal Cigarette Smoking

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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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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