I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it.
RUSSELL SIMMONSSelf-Development Quotes on: Courage, Honesty Any kind of lasting success is rooted in honesty.
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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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When you’re a good giver you’re a good getter.
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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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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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I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.
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I 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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The always-connected culture isn’t as much a contributor as Grace might think. The nervous mind, the monkey mind, will create its own noise. It doesn’t need a new toy.
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Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
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Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world.
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The world belongs to the people who say, ‘I can’.
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Embrace struggle… It is your greatest teacher.
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Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don’t want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it’s the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare.
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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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A poet or a comedian can say what’s on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh. It may be so truthful that it hurts, but it makes you laugh.
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As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.
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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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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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But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
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A person’s strength is to know their weaknesses.
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That happens to me everyday. I watch my thoughts, not only on the mat, but all through the day.
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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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Get unstuck from whatever it is you perceive is holding you back from realizing your dreams.
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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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Needing nothing really is the ultimate goal. And to have nothing to do with things.
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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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Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
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