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Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.

Russell Simmons

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Russell Simmons
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 4
Business Person
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
Record Producer
Television Producer
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Queens
New York
Russell Wendell Simmons
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I don't want to appease everyone. It seems very difficult to be steadfast on truth and be a politician.
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But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
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American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.
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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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There are no failures, only quitters.
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Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don't want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it's the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare.
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I have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl to a black university, like in Legally Blonde. I have so many fun projects.
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You don't expect a 94-year-old white guy to pick Dope, which was an awesome movie not even close to being considered by the Academy. And that's what it's all about, like, promoting people who might not otherwise get promoted and celebrating people who might not get celebrated.
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[T]here's nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.
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I don't eat any animals or anything that has to do with animals. No fish or egg or dairy because I personally don't feel it's a good practice to eat anything that might run away from you.
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You just have to smile and breathe. You do the best you can with what you have and that's it.
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At the shock of a joke, everything disappears but the present moment.
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If you give a good thing to the world, then over time your karma will be good, and you'll receive good.
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The past gives great examples of what can happen in the future. It's always important to remember.
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Service is the key to everything in life.
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Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self
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My little girls are the most beautiful women in the world. I am a lucky, lucky man. I will spend every day making sure that they know this.
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I knew it was unrealistic to think I could build an institution overnight. But if I took baby steps, eventually it would happen.
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The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.
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I'm a full disclosure kind of person.
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