If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl to a black university, like in Legally Blonde. I have so many fun projects.
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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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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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You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
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It’s very simple: When you’re working your hardest, the world opens up to you.
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I think the artist’s job throughout history has been to tell – to say things that people are inspired by.
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I can’t pay my [bills]. I can’t go to work. My car is out of gas.
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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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If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, you’ll always make the right decision.
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I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it. The gatekeepers who are the most progressive activists inspired to make the world better… they’re better people, right? They’re segregated. It’s self segregated in some cases, but there’s nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.
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I think when you’re very dedicated to something and you’re engaged fully, you become a giver.
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When you sit quietly and look inside, things that seem so difficult on the outside become a lot easier to digest. Concerns that might’ve caused a lot of anxiety just come and go.
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A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special prosecutors when a police officer kills or injures a civilian.
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Not every move you make has to be a great leap
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The seconds of presence are where most inspiration comes. There are sunsets that promote it.
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Quiet time is the key. We have hundreds of thousands of kids around the country meditating through the David Lynch Foundation.
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