I have faith in people and our government ultimately to do the right thing. And to my brothers and sisters in California, I’m there with you every step of the way until that day comes…
RUSSELL SIMMONSUrban pop culture is its own phenomena that is for some reason is left out of Hollywood. It’s the most mainstream thing there is.
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Get your hustle on… Hard work is easy, working out is hard.
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There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
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I don’t know that God favors the person who has a greater reach than those who have a small reach. It’s the intention. I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others.
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I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.
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I can’t pay my [bills]. I can’t go to work. My car is out of gas.
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Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
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There is a subject – there is a research that says a man thinks about sex every 12 seconds. And so when an artist expresses something that’s sexual in music it is a reflection of our reality. If we want that reality changed, then we have to do things that affect the core.
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I’m not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other.
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You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
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Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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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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There’s one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is why cops go unindicted.
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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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You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.
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I don’t miss a day of yoga. I don’t miss my meditation… They’re way more important.
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