Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
RUSSELL SIMMONSSurround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThey’re lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.
RUSSELL SIMMONSYou will be a great entrepreneur if you operate with a real sincere wanting to serve.
RUSSELL SIMMONSYou need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
RUSSELL SIMMONSAnd that’s how mantras are used in Buddhist and Hindu practices, as tools that clear your mind of distractions. Because when you focus on repeating that mantra over and over again, soon the noise will die down and all you will hear is your inner voice.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI 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.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI would never condone violence against women in any form, and for all of those I offended, I am sincerely sorry.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThe word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, (“to think”) and tra (“tool’). So the literal translation is “a tool of thought.”
RUSSELL SIMMONSThe artists are now big brands.
RUSSELL SIMMONSGangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI’m not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other.
RUSSELL SIMMONSWhen the mind is totally still, there’s only bliss. I got a piece of that reality from my first yoga class, from smiling and breathing in every difficult pose. I went, “Oh my God! I’m clear! I love this!”
RUSSELL SIMMONSNo one wants to sell to just 12% of the population for the entire length of their careers. It creates a difficult and less-profitable environment. But Hollywood has lived with that limiting mantra, and only a few black stars have managed to break through.
RUSSELL SIMMONSA 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.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThe imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI think the artist’s job throughout history has been to tell – to say things that people are inspired by.
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