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Embrace struggle… It is your greatest teacher.

Russell Simmons

I ask everyone – white Hollywood and black Hollywood – to get outside of your comfort zone and make friends. That’s where they’re going to learn from each other, and that’s where they’re going to make better movies and make Hollywood a better place.
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Black Hollywood White
In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is going to be you. Not the world. YOU.
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Dream Realizing World
I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When you extend the seconds of stillness, that’s when you’re able to think and learn.
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Anxiety Insomnia Thinking
I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
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Choices Feels President
No matter where you want to go, as long as you follow your path with faith, dedication and hard work, you are going to get there.
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Dedication Hard Long Work
When you’re a good giver you’re a good getter.
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Giver Inspirational Karma
The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best
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Giving Happiness Keys
I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.
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Diversity Oscars Thinking
We need to hear everyone. We need dialogue between police and the community. They’re angry. They’re hurt. A dialogue can cause a shift in consciousness in the person if he’s understanding you and listening.
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Community Hurt Understanding
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
Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
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Clouds Labels Vision
The artists are now big brands.
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Artists Bigs Brands
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
Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
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Art Form Noise Stillness
Meditation helps everything.
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Everything Helping Meditation
I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
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Hip Hips Hop Offensive

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