I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it.
RUSSELL SIMMONSYou have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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It’s always marketeers building their own careers.
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I don’t want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.
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[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it’s a big success story for everyone – except the music industry itself.
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As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.
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I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens.
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I’m a big supporter of President Obama.
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If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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You have to learn to laugh all the time. It’s a practice of life. It’s a practice of happiness.
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Never change for the mainstream—stay in your lane, and if you’re talented and resilient enough the mainstream will come to you.
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I can’t get my medicine.
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I don’t fault business. 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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Stay in your lane. If you’re good enough, people will move to you.
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Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.
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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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