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I try to make my life about service, and hope that one day we can all 'see' a little better because God is with everyone and everywhere.

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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If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you're going to get, you become a more successful person. In other words, if you want to make money, you have to help someone else make money.
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Be encouraged. Stay on your hustle. You can't fail until u quit.
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It's always marketeers building their own careers.
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I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it's great.
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My wife Kimora once told me while we were watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre that it's a vegetarian movie because the way that the woman was screaming, Aaaahhh, and trying to run away is how every animal you eat reacted at the slaughterhouse.
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No matter where you're from or what you've done, you're never stuck in a particular circumstance, relationship, or cycle unless you say you are.
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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 don't want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.
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I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had a great impact on me when my father walked the picket lines and I walked with him during the civil rights movement.
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When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.
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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.
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Success is happiness. People say, Oh that sounds corny. No matter how rich you are you can only sit your ass in one seat at a time. You have to be comfortable in that seat.
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A poet or a comedian can say what's on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh. It may be so truthful that it hurts, but it makes you laugh.
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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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In my heart, I know that marriage equality for every human being isn't a question of if, but only a matter of when. I ask those who feel that giving freedom to others somehow binds you, to please take a good look at what you are standing behind.
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I don't fault business. If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That's why legislation and regulations are necessary.
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Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
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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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