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I think that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.

Russell Simmons

A poet or a comedian can say what’s on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh. It may be so truthful that it hurts, but it makes you laugh.
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Hurt Laughing People
But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
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Black Poor Rich White
In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is going to be you. Not the world. YOU.
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Dream Realizing World
When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.
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Giving Reservations World
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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Express Free Hope People Themselves
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
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
You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.
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Business Entrepreneur People
If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, you’ll always make the right decision.
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Breath Decision Remember
I had too many businesses that are frivolous. I have enough. What interests me most is under-served communities. We need a new style of empowering these people, and new approaches.
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Community Empowering People
I think the artist’s job throughout history has been to tell – to say things that people are inspired by.
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Artist Jobs Thinking
My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them.
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Artist Creative Culture
The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, (“to think”) and tra (“tool’). So the literal translation is “a tool of thought.”
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Buddhist Men Thinking
I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When you extend the seconds of stillness, that’s when you’re able to think and learn.
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Anxiety Insomnia Thinking
There are no failures, only quitters.
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Failure No Quitter
I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.
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Afraid Failure Inspirational Running Thinking

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