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Russell Simmons

There is a subject – there is a research that says a man thinks about sex every 12 seconds. And so when an artist expresses something that’s sexual in music it is a reflection of our reality. If we want that reality changed, then we have to do things that affect the core.
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Artist Reflection Sex Something
The conditions of suffering that exist today in our impoverished communities are not acceptable. The reflection of those conditions are less concerning to me. And I work everyday about changing the conditions.
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Community Hard Reflection Work
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
I think the artist’s job throughout history has been to tell – to say things that people are inspired by.
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Artist Jobs Thinking
There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
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Culture Hollywood Missing
Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
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People Smarter Surround Yourself
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
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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Animal Running Texas
I’m a full disclosure kind of person.
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Disclosure Kind Persons
That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.
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Complete Intention Oscars
If you were elected president, would you publicly support special prosecutors in these cases and what is one other thing you would do to fix our broken justice system?
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Elected Justice President System
I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens.
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Kids Running Want
The seconds of presence are where most inspiration comes. There are sunsets that promote it.
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Inspiration Seconds Sunset
I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it.
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Hollywood Incredibly 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
Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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Goal Positivity Promoting

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