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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.

Russell Simmons

I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I’m not the only one who says it. It’s something I adopted and I believe.
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Believe Causes Suffering
Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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Choices Gratefulness Practice
But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
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Black Poor Rich White
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
Whatever you chase will run away from you. So, stop chasing success and realize you already have it all.
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Chasing Realizing Running
The artists are now big brands.
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Artists Bigs Brands
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 concept is that through a disciplined approach to work and self-sacrifice, Tapas will burn away the negativity that separates us from God. By working our hardest and happily enduring the hardships of life we are able to create a sense of peace and clarity in ourselves.
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Concept Enduring God Negativity Working
I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
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Choices Feels President
Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem, they always wanted the finer things in life.
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Hip Hop Life Things
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
I want people to be free and to be able to express themselves, to find the best ways to say things so that people can digest them.
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Express Free Hope People Themselves
It is only through opening your hearts will you be able to see that by promoting freedom for all, you are unchaining yourself. I guess I’m an optimist.
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Brother Gay Heart
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
There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
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Culture Hollywood Missing
I’m lucky that I have a platform that I can answer my own questions.
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Answers Lucky Platform

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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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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