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A clear and focused mind will last a lifetime. Getting your mind in shape is nothing less than the key to sustainable success in the world.

Russell Simmons

You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
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Black Needs People
But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
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Black Poor Rich White
I don’t want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.
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Hollywood Waiting Want
I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.
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Keys People Thinking
I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn’t a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him.
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Fire Genius Records
I think if you’re open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you’re closed, you might not get to go where the road is heading.
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Journey Running Thinking
If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It’s a step process.
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People Process Steps
When 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!”
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Breathing Reality Yoga
The difference between blues, jazz, rock n’ roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It’s scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug.
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Pain Rap Rock
No 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.
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Break Career Stars Through
The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best
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Giving Happiness Keys
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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Artist Expression Running
There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That’s why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that.
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People Rap White
I know a lot of angry liberals right now. Hell, I know a lot of angry vegans.
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Hell Now Right Vegan
As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.
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Long Moving Vision
I’m lucky that I have a platform that I can answer my own questions.
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Answers Lucky Platform

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