Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem, they always wanted the finer things in life.
RUSSELL SIMMONSSelf-Development Quotes on: Courage, Honesty Any kind of lasting success is rooted in honesty.
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Self-Development Quotes on: Courage, Honesty Any kind of lasting success is rooted in honesty.
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Donald Trump’s not politically correct. Although you are running for president, you should be politically correct. But there is also the expression of an artist.
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The world belongs to the people who say, ‘I can’.
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It’s all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap. If you want to be a lawyer, see yourself as a lawyer, go to the library and start learning the law. If you want to be a rapper, start rapping and get out there. Live your life as if you already are where you want to be.
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You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
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I mostly eat healthy. I just do. I’m not a vegan for health reasons – although obviously I’m 20 pounds lighter than when I started. I stayed 20 pounds lighter. I feel better. My friends say I look better. All that’s true. But I’m a vegan for compassionate reasons.
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Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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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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When you’re a good giver you’re a good getter.
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[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it’s a big success story for everyone – except the music industry itself.
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I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
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I can’t get my medicine.
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There’s one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is why cops go unindicted.
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I just said let’s get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too.
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I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.
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