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You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.

Russell Simmons

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
That happens to me everyday. I watch my thoughts, not only on the mat, but all through the day.
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Day Every My Thoughts Watches
Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don’t want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it’s the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare.
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Ballet Country People Suffering
Well, it’s the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.
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Hands Movement Rights
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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Enough Never Change Resilient
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
Urban 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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Culture Hollywood Urban
I don’t believe that people create their own visions. Rather, I believe that visions are actually God’s way of communicating with us.
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Believe Inspirational People
[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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Artist Events People
I was literally calling my customers who were complaining on social media and having a dialog with them, and sending them money.
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Calling Complaining Media
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
I kind of think that artists throughout history, poets throughout history have been criticized for sharing what’s on people’s minds and I don’t think it’s any different now.
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Artist Different People Sharing Thinking
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
I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
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Hip Hips Hop Offensive
Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem, they always wanted the finer things in life.
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Hip Hop Life Things

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