The conditions of suffering that exist today in our impoverished communities are not acceptable. The reflection of those conditions are less concerning to me. And I work everyday about changing the conditions.
RUSSELL SIMMONSSurround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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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.
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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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Get your hustle on… Hard work is easy, working out is hard.
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You have to learn to laugh all the time. It’s a practice of life. It’s a practice of happiness.
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I don’t miss a day of yoga. I don’t miss my meditation… They’re way more important.
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I’m a full disclosure kind of person.
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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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People are afraid of failure – they don’t like to work so hard and have people keep saying, ‘No.’ I think that’s what people fear most.
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Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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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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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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You have to be present, awake and happy now.
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I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
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Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.
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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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