I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI would like to employ more people but I don’t want to empower my charities at the cost of exploiting people or doing things that are not useful, so I’m working on that.
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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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You’ll see a lot of funny stuff, you’ll see a lot of daddy knows best stuff, you’ll see a lot of me and my wife trying to hold the family together.
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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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Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don’t want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it’s the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare.
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You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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Everyone’s part of a team that develops over the years and gives people chances. There have been some good moments watching people develop.
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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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You will be a great entrepreneur if you operate with a real sincere wanting to serve.
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I don’t miss my prayers and I don’t miss my yoga. Those things are important to me.
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You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.
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If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It’s a step process.
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The greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.
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Meditation can reintroduce you to the part that’s been missing.
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The difference between blues, jazz, rock n’ roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It’s scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug.
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I want to talk a little bit abut two things: clarity and cloudiness. Both of them quiet the mind. One quiets it, the other numbs it. either way, there’s less thought, and the less thought, the more happiness.
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