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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.

Russell Simmons

Give what you want to receive. If you want happiness, make others happy.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Giving Happy Make Others Stay Strong
Quiet time is the key. We have hundreds of thousands of kids around the country meditating through the David Lynch Foundation.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Country Keys Kids
I don’t fault business. If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That’s why legislation and regulations are necessary.
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Compassion Remember Running
I think that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Culture Rap Thinking
They’re lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.
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Culture Giving Hollywood
The biggest impediment to get the laws changed was the lobbyists. Whether you’re talking about healthcare, jobs going overseas, or tax reform, you’re always coming up against lobbyists.
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Biggest Changed Lobbyist Overseas
I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Animal Hurtful Thinking
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 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.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Journey Running Thinking
Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Opportunity Share World
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 don’t believe that people create their own visions. Rather, I believe that visions are actually God’s way of communicating with us.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Believe Inspirational People
I think when you’re very dedicated to something and you’re engaged fully, you become a giver.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Dedicated Giver Thinking
[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
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
Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
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Art Form Noise Stillness

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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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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