I’m a big supporter of President Obama.
RUSSELL SIMMONSSurround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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Everyone’s part of a team that develops over the years and gives people chances. There have been some good moments watching people develop.
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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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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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And the more people meditate, the more it increases the positive vibrations turning the planet into a positive, happy place. The more you do that, the greater service you are to God.
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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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You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
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Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
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Embrace struggle… It is your greatest teacher.
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Black 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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An animal products diet is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
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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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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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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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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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