I just said let’s get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThe soundtrack in the poetry is the soundtrack from your own heartbeat.
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You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you… happiness is your natural state.
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I can’t get my medicine.
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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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A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special prosecutors when a police officer kills or injures a civilian.
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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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I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.
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I don’t believe that people create their own visions. Rather, I believe that visions are actually God’s way of communicating with us.
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The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best
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The greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.
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Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
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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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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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A person’s strength is to know their weaknesses.
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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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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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