Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
RUSSELL SIMMONSAnd that’s how mantras are used in Buddhist and Hindu practices, as tools that clear your mind of distractions. Because when you focus on repeating that mantra over and over again, soon the noise will die down and all you will hear is your inner voice.
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I really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I’m a good giver without expectations.
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I don’t believe that people create their own visions. Rather, I believe that visions are actually God’s way of communicating with us.
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I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
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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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The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.
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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 would never condone violence against women in any form, and for all of those I offended, I am sincerely sorry.
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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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The concept is that through a disciplined approach to work and self-sacrifice, Tapas will burn away the negativity that separates us from God. By working our hardest and happily enduring the hardships of life we are able to create a sense of peace and clarity in ourselves.
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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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The soundtrack in the poetry is the soundtrack from your own heartbeat.
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Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
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I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When you extend the seconds of stillness, that’s when you’re able to think and learn.
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Stay in your lane. If you’re good enough, people will move to you.
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The conditions of suffering that exist today in our impoverished communities are not acceptable. The reflection of those conditions are less concerning to me. And I work everyday about changing the conditions.
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