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.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThe soundtrack in the poetry is the soundtrack from your own heartbeat.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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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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Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.
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I’m not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other.
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Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
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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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It is only through opening your hearts will you be able to see that by promoting freedom for all, you are unchaining yourself. I guess I’m an optimist.
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I think the artist’s job throughout history has been to tell – to say things that people are inspired by.
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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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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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Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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Embrace struggle… It is your greatest teacher.
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Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.
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The research shows that if you meditate, the mind becomes still, and they can see the functionality and gray matter in the brain increase, the nervous system calm, the immune system improve and a reduction in stress.
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Donald Trump’s not politically correct. Although you are running for president, you should be politically correct. But there is also the expression of an artist.
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