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Embrace struggle… It is your greatest teacher.

Russell Simmons

[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
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
Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
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Exists Involved Own
I think if you’re open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you’re closed, you might not get to go where the road is heading.
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Journey Running Thinking
You’ll see a lot of funny stuff, you’ll see a lot of daddy knows best stuff, you’ll see a lot of me and my wife trying to hold the family together.
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Daddy Family Funny
But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
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Black Poor Rich White
Get your hustle on… Hard work is easy, working out is hard.
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Hard Hustle Out Work
The artists are now big brands.
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Artists Bigs Brands
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
If it feels like your life has become a nasty, brackish puddle of water, never forget that you do possess the power to transform it into a beautiful, rushing stream that will carry you to enlightenment.
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Beautiful Encouragement Rushing
I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.
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Keys People Thinking
I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
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Hip Hips Hop Offensive
I think that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.
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Culture Rap Thinking
You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you… happiness is your natural state.
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Happiness Happy Inspirational
No one wants to sell to just 12% of the population for the entire length of their careers. It creates a difficult and less-profitable environment. But Hollywood has lived with that limiting mantra, and only a few black stars have managed to break through.
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Break Career Stars Through
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.
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Creative Focus People

Embrace struggle… It is your greatest teacher.

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