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I don’t want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.

Russell Simmons

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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Long Running Stuff
There’s something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
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Culture Hollywood Missing
I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
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Animal Thinking Trying
Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.
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Helpful Helping People Question
Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
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Exists Involved Own
I think it’s very important. I’ve gone into prisons to meditate with inmates. It’s something I plan to do with Tim Robbins soon.
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Gone Important Thinking
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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People Saying Thinking
I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I’m not the only one who says it. It’s something I adopted and I believe.
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Believe Causes Suffering
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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Empowering People Want
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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Hurt Laughing People
The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.
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Opening Opportunity World
Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.
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Educational Knowledge Running
I couldn’t guarantee that someone could get off their medication. But I suspect that meditation instead of Ritalin would change the life of any kid with ADD.
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Guarantees Kids Meditation
No matter what you’re doing, try to work at that task like it’s your dream job.
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Dream Jobs Trying
A person’s strength is to know their weaknesses.
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Knows Persons Weakness
No matter where you’re from or what you’ve done, you’re never stuck in a particular circumstance, relationship, or cycle unless you say you are.
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Circumstance Done Matter

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