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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
Writer
Queens
New York
Russell Wendell Simmons
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People are murdering each other without any recourse... So we need to get in our communities and work from the inside out.
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Don't ruin a good today by thinking of a bad yesterday, Let it go!
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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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I 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.
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You know, sometimes people never get to learn how successful they could have been because they give up too easily. If I've learned one thing in all my years in the business, it's that often things don't work out the way you want at first. But that doesn't mean you should give up.
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Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
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That happens to me everyday. I watch my thoughts, not only on the mat, but all through the day.
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As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.
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