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That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.

Russell Simmons

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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Artist Differences Wise
I can’t pay my [bills]. I can’t go to work. My car is out of gas.
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Bills Car Pay
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Culture Hollywood Urban
Mistakes only cost you when you don’t acknowledge them.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Acknowledge Cost Mistake
Whatever you chase will run away from you. So, stop chasing success and realize you already have it all.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Chasing Realizing Running
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Fire Genius Records
Cruelty is cruelty, whether it’s cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.
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Cat Children Dog
I’m a full disclosure kind of person.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Disclosure Kind Persons
An animal products diet is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Animal Cigarette Smoking
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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Benefits Favor Trying
I don’t want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.
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Hollywood Waiting Want
I am very lucky that I have talented and creative people around me. Also, mediation has been a very big part of my freedom, because it allows me to watch all the things going on and allows me to focus.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Creative Focus People
Quiet time is the key. We have hundreds of thousands of kids around the country meditating through the David Lynch Foundation.
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Country Keys Kids
I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
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Hip Hips Hop Offensive
Antisemitism is just another form of racism. It’s the same sickness, whether it’s about Christians, about Islamophobia, which is horrible. It’s all wrong. It’s all the same.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Christianity Racism Sickness
Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Goal Positivity Promoting

That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.

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