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A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special prosecutors when a police officer kills or injures a civilian.

Russell Simmons

You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
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Black Needs People
I can’t get my medicine.
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Health Issue Medicine
As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.
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Long Moving Vision
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.
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Christianity Racism Sickness
The stuff I do, I do every day, and I’ve been doing it for long periods of time. I don’t start and quit-ever. I start and stay on it.
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Long Running Stuff
You can be anything you want to be, and you can start today, instead of waiting for some opportunity.
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Anything Opportunity Waiting
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.
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Artist Differences Wise
Donald Trump’s not politically correct. Although you are running for president, you should be politically correct. But there is also the expression of an artist.
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Artist Expression Running
I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
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Bigs Gay Thinking
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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Again Distraction Mantras Practices Soon
A poet or a comedian can say what’s on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh. It may be so truthful that it hurts, but it makes you laugh.
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Hurt Laughing People
I don’t use my brain about the creative thing. From a business standpoint, I instinctively do things: when I get something right, it’s never because I use my brain.
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Brain Creative Use
The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, (“to think”) and tra (“tool’). So the literal translation is “a tool of thought.”
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Buddhist Men Thinking
Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
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Broken Hollywood People
I want to talk a little bit abut two things: clarity and cloudiness. Both of them quiet the mind. One quiets it, the other numbs it. either way, there’s less thought, and the less thought, the more happiness.
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Mind Two Want
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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People Self Thinking

A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special prosecutors when a police officer kills or injures a civilian.

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A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special prosecutors when a police officer kills or injures a civilian.

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