There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
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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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No matter where you’re from or what you’ve done, you’re never stuck in a particular circumstance, relationship, or cycle unless you say you are.
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When the mind is totally still, there’s only bliss. I got a piece of that reality from my first yoga class, from smiling and breathing in every difficult pose. I went, “Oh my God! I’m clear! I love this!”
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Well, it’s the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.
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I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.
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It’s always marketeers building their own careers.
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I couldn’t guarantee that someone could get off their medication. But I suspect that meditation instead of Ritalin would change the life of any kid with ADD.
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Not every move you make has to be a great leap
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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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American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.
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Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
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The world belongs to the people who say, ‘I can’.
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There’s one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is why cops go unindicted.
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Needing nothing really is the ultimate goal. And to have nothing to do with things.
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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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