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The soundtrack in the poetry is the soundtrack from your own heartbeat.

Russell Simmons

Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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Choices Gratefulness Practice
I would never condone violence against women in any form, and for all of those I offended, I am sincerely sorry.
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Form Sorry Violence
The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best
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Giving Happiness Keys
Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
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People Smarter Surround Yourself
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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Creative Focus People
There are no failures, only quitters.
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Failure No Quitter
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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Daddy Family Funny
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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Fall Law Rap
The greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.
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Meditation Noise Tools
Antisemitism is just another form of racism. It’s the same sickness, whether it’s about Christians, about Islamophobia, which is horrible. It’s all wrong. It’s all the same.
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Christianity Racism Sickness
Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
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Art Form Noise Stillness
Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.
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Helpful Helping People Question
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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Enough Never Change Resilient
The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.
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Creativity Done Imagination
I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
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Bigs Gay Thinking
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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Brother Gay Heart
Good givers are great getters.
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Getters Giver Great
I’m always surrounded by smart talented people. I had talented partners. Stan Latham for one. Talent scouts.
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People Smart Talent
You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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Able People Thinking
Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
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Exists Involved Own
That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.
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Complete Intention Oscars
I ask everyone – white Hollywood and black Hollywood – to get outside of your comfort zone and make friends. That’s where they’re going to learn from each other, and that’s where they’re going to make better movies and make Hollywood a better place.
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Black Hollywood White
But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
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Black Poor Rich White
I don’t want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.
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Hollywood Waiting Want
If you don’t break a hole through the brick wall, don’t just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that wall.
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Break Through Digging Wall
There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
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Culture Hollywood Missing
I’m lucky that I have a platform that I can answer my own questions.
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Answers Lucky Platform

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