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 SIMMONSCruelty is cruelty, whether it’s cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn’t a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him.
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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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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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You can be anything you want to be, and you can start today, instead of waiting for some opportunity.
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I have faith in people and our government ultimately to do the right thing. And to my brothers and sisters in California, I’m there with you every step of the way until that day comes…
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I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.
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You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you… happiness is your natural state.
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It’s very simple: When you’re working your hardest, the world opens up to you.
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Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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You will be a great entrepreneur if you operate with a real sincere wanting to serve.
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Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
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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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Cruelty is cruelty, whether it’s cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.
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If it feels like your life has become a nasty, brackish puddle of water, never forget that you do possess the power to transform it into a beautiful, rushing stream that will carry you to enlightenment.
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