You’ve got to do things that promote what’s important.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I’m a good giver without expectations.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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It’s very simple: When you’re working your hardest, the world opens up to you.
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I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
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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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You will be a great entrepreneur if you operate with a real sincere wanting to serve.
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I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I’m not the only one who says it. It’s something I adopted and I believe.
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I think it’s very important. I’ve gone into prisons to meditate with inmates. It’s something I plan to do with Tim Robbins soon.
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Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn’t a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him.
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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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I think that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.
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I’m a full disclosure kind of person.
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My wife Kimora once told me while we were watching “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” that it’s a vegetarian movie because the way that the woman was screaming, “Aaaahhh,” and trying to run away is how every animal you eat reacted at the slaughterhouse.
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I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it. The gatekeepers who are the most progressive activists inspired to make the world better… they’re better people, right? They’re segregated. It’s self segregated in some cases, but there’s nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.
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Mistakes only cost you when you don’t acknowledge them.
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