Black actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI 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.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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You’ll see a lot of funny stuff, you’ll see a lot of daddy knows best stuff, you’ll see a lot of me and my wife trying to hold the family together.
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There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That’s why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that.
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Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under.
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Not every move you make has to be a great leap
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I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
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There is a subject – there is a research that says a man thinks about sex every 12 seconds. And so when an artist expresses something that’s sexual in music it is a reflection of our reality. If we want that reality changed, then we have to do things that affect the core.
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Meditation can reintroduce you to the part that’s been missing.
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You will be a great entrepreneur if you operate with a real sincere wanting to serve.
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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 very simple: When you’re working your hardest, the world opens up to you.
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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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You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That’s why legislation and regulations are necessary.
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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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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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