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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.

Russell Simmons

The difference between blues, jazz, rock n’ roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It’s scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug.
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Pain Rap Rock
I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.
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Afraid Failure Inspirational Running Thinking
You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
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Development Life Self Want
Good givers are great getters.
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Getters Giver Great
No matter what we’ve done or where we’ve been, every single one of us can change.
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Change Changing Optimistic People
You’ve got to do things that promote what’s important.
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Important Promote Things
Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
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Exists Involved Own
You have to be present, awake and happy now.
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Awake Happy Now Present
I had too many businesses that are frivolous. I have enough. What interests me most is under-served communities. We need a new style of empowering these people, and new approaches.
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Community Empowering People
When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.
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Giving Reservations World
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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Grace Mind Thinking
Not every move you make has to be a great leap
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Great Leap Moving
There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That’s why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that.
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People Rap White
There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
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Culture Hollywood Missing
Everyone’s part of a team that develops over the years and gives people chances. There have been some good moments watching people develop.
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Chances Develop Everyone People
Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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Goal Simple Trying

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