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.
RUSSELL SIMMONSBlack actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write.
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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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Get your hustle on… Hard work is easy, working out is hard.
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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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My wife Kimora once told me while we were watching “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” that it’s a vegetarian movie because the way that the woman was screaming, “Aaaahhh,” and trying to run away is how every animal you eat reacted at the slaughterhouse.
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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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I don’t use my brain about the creative thing. From a business standpoint, I instinctively do things: when I get something right, it’s never because I use my brain.
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Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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It’s always marketeers building their own careers.
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American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.
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I don’t want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.
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The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.
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I think that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.
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I can’t get my medicine.
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No matter where you’re from or what you’ve done, you’re never stuck in a particular circumstance, relationship, or cycle unless you say you are.
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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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