I had too many businesses that are frivolous. I have enough. What interests me most is under-served communities. We need a new style of empowering these people, and new approaches.
RUSSELL SIMMONSYou will be a great entrepreneur if you operate with a real sincere wanting to serve.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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Meditation can reintroduce you to the part that’s been missing.
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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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Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.
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I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.
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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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The best way to protect both the policemen and the community going forward is by creating a system that’s just, where everyone feels safe.
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Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
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When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.
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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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The conditions of suffering that exist today in our impoverished communities are not acceptable. The reflection of those conditions are less concerning to me. And I work everyday about changing the conditions.
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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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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.
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You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
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Never change for the mainstream—stay in your lane, and if you’re talented and resilient enough the mainstream will come to you.
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