That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.
RUSSELL SIMMONSYou’ll see a lot of funny stuff, you’ll see a lot of daddy knows best stuff, you’ll see a lot of me and my wife trying to hold the family together.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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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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When the mind is totally still, there’s only bliss. I got a piece of that reality from my first yoga class, from smiling and breathing in every difficult pose. I went, “Oh my God! I’m clear! I love this!”
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Stay in your lane. If you’re good enough, people will move to you.
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I don’t fault business. If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That’s why legislation and regulations are necessary.
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The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.
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Quiet time is the key. We have hundreds of thousands of kids around the country meditating through the David Lynch Foundation.
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I want people to be free and to be able to express themselves, to find the best ways to say things so that people can digest them.
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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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The artists are now big brands.
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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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They’re lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.
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When you’re a good giver you’re a good getter.
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The seconds of presence are where most inspiration comes. There are sunsets that promote it.
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Embrace struggle… It is your greatest teacher.
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You’ll see a lot of funny stuff, you’ll see a lot of daddy knows best stuff, you’ll see a lot of me and my wife trying to hold the family together.
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