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.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI 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.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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No matter what you’re doing, try to work at that task like it’s your dream job.
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But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
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Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world.
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I mostly eat healthy. I just do. I’m not a vegan for health reasons – although obviously I’m 20 pounds lighter than when I started. I stayed 20 pounds lighter. I feel better. My friends say I look better. All that’s true. But I’m a vegan for compassionate reasons.
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I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it.
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It’s all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap. If you want to be a lawyer, see yourself as a lawyer, go to the library and start learning the law. If you want to be a rapper, start rapping and get out there. Live your life as if you already are where you want to be.
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Cruelty is cruelty, whether it’s cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.
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People are afraid of failure – they don’t like to work so hard and have people keep saying, ‘No.’ I think that’s what people fear most.
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I don’t like to say, Oh, this is my favorite record because there was a moment that that record made me feel a certain way. The one on the radio at the present moment could be the one that’s most inspiring, because it’s at that second that you’re aware of “the infinite everything.”
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If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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And 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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Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
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It’s always marketeers building their own careers.
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Money doesn’t make u happy .. But happy makes you money.
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