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.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI was literally calling my customers who were complaining on social media and having a dialog with them, and sending them money.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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When you sit quietly and look inside, things that seem so difficult on the outside become a lot easier to digest. Concerns that might’ve caused a lot of anxiety just come and go.
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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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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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I don’t miss my prayers and I don’t miss my yoga. Those things are important to me.
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Everyone’s goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.
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I want to talk a little bit abut two things: clarity and cloudiness. Both of them quiet the mind. One quiets it, the other numbs it. either way, there’s less thought, and the less thought, the more happiness.
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It’s very simple: When you’re working your hardest, the world opens up to you.
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I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.
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Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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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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I’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.
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Nowadays, if you’re a great artist, you don’t have to leave the house, which is a really big difference. You’re closer to the artist. And the artist can be closer to their artistry without having to always worry about branding themselves or building something image-wise.
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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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I don’t like to say, Oh, this is my favorite record because there was a moment that that record made me feel a certain way. The one on the radio at the present moment could be the one that’s most inspiring, because it’s at that second that you’re aware of “the infinite everything.”
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The seconds of presence are where most inspiration comes. There are sunsets that promote it.
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