If you don’t break a hole through the brick wall, don’t just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that wall.
RUSSELL SIMMONSWhen you sit quietly and look inside, things that seem so difficult on the outside become a lot easier to digest. Concerns that might’ve caused a lot of anxiety just come and go.
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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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They’re lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.
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A person’s strength is to know their weaknesses.
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It’s all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap. If you want to be a lawyer, see yourself as a lawyer, go to the library and start learning the law. If you want to be a rapper, start rapping and get out there. Live your life as if you already are where you want to be.
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Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
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I am very lucky that I have talented and creative people around me. Also, mediation has been a very big part of my freedom, because it allows me to watch all the things going on and allows me to focus.
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Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under.
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I was literally calling my customers who were complaining on social media and having a dialog with them, and sending them money.
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Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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Cruelty is cruelty, whether it’s cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.
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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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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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There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That’s why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that.
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The politicians already in office don’t want to change. A few might have it in their hearts to change and to start working for the people, but even some of the most progressive politicians are silent because they know that the candidate with the most money wins.
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I really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I’m a good giver without expectations.
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