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Russell Simmons

I would like to employ more people but I don’t want to empower my charities at the cost of exploiting people or doing things that are not useful, so I’m working on that.
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Empowering People Want
I don’t want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.
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Hollywood Waiting Want
And that’s how mantras are used in Buddhist and Hindu practices, as tools that clear your mind of distractions. Because when you focus on repeating that mantra over and over again, soon the noise will die down and all you will hear is your inner voice.
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Again Distraction Mantras Practices Soon
I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
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Hip Hips Hop Offensive
I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
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Animal Thinking Trying
Whatever you chase will run away from you. So, stop chasing success and realize you already have it all.
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Chasing Realizing Running
Cruelty is cruelty, whether it’s cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.
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Cat Children Dog
Give what you want to receive. If you want happiness, make others happy.
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Giving Happy Make Others Stay Strong
I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.
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Afraid Failure Inspirational Running Thinking
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.
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Believe English Men Speak
The elected officials should be working for the voters who elected them. Money corrupts the process. Why would you be giving a candidate money unless you expect something in return?
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Canditate Giving More Process
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
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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Compassion Jobs Running
I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
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Bigs Gay Thinking
The difference between blues, jazz, rock n’ roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It’s scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug.
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Pain Rap Rock
The stuff I do, I do every day, and I’ve been doing it for long periods of time. I don’t start and quit-ever. I start and stay on it.
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Long Running Stuff

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