Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem, they always wanted the finer things in life.
RUSSELL SIMMONSDonald 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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The elected officials should be working for the voters who elected them. Money corrupts the process. Why would you be giving a candidate money unless you expect something in return?
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I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
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Meditation can reintroduce you to the part that’s been missing.
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Good givers are great getters.
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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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It’s always marketeers building their own careers.
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I had too many businesses that are frivolous. I have enough. What interests me most is under-served communities. We need a new style of empowering these people, and new approaches.
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If you aren’t passionate about a vision, it’s hard to have faith in it.
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Well, it’s the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.
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Your purpose is to act on the resources God gives you. If God gives you a bucket of fish, you have to distribute those fish. If you don’t, they’re going to rot, attract a bunch of flies, and start stinking up your soul.
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The seconds of presence are where most inspiration comes. There are sunsets that promote it.
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I think that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.
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Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
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The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.
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The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, (“to think”) and tra (“tool’). So the literal translation is “a tool of thought.”
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