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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

I don’t miss a day of yoga. I don’t miss my meditation… They’re way more important.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Meditation Missing Yoga
Nowadays, if you’re a great artist, you don’t have to leave the house, which is a really big difference. You’re closer to the artist. And the artist can be closer to their artistry without having to always worry about branding themselves or building something image-wise.
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Artist Differences Wise
A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special prosecutors when a police officer kills or injures a civilian.
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Broken Color Justice
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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Compassion Jobs Running
Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.
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Educational Knowledge Running
The elected officials should be working for the voters who elected them. Money corrupts the process. Why would you be giving a candidate money unless you expect something in return?
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Canditate Giving More Process
No one wants to sell to just 12% of the population for the entire length of their careers. It creates a difficult and less-profitable environment. But Hollywood has lived with that limiting mantra, and only a few black stars have managed to break through.
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Break Career Stars Through
I can’t get my medicine.
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Health Issue Medicine
They’re lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.
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Culture Giving Hollywood
There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
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Culture Hollywood Missing
I have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl to a black university, like in Legally Blonde. I have so many fun projects.
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Cooper Education Fun Girl Kids University
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Empowering People Want
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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Daddy Family Funny
Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.
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Helpful Helping People Question
I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
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Animal Hurtful Thinking
I know a lot of angry liberals right now. Hell, I know a lot of angry vegans.
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Hell Now Right Vegan

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