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.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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The artists are now big brands.
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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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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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I can’t get my medicine.
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You have to learn to laugh all the time. It’s a practice of life. It’s a practice of happiness.
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Urban pop culture is its own phenomena that is for some reason is left out of Hollywood. It’s the most mainstream thing there is.
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I’m lucky that I have a platform that I can answer my own questions.
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Black actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write.
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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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I want people to be free and to be able to express themselves, to find the best ways to say things so that people can digest them.
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Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
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I have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl to a black university, like in Legally Blonde. I have so many fun projects.
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When 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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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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