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I don't use my brain about the creative thing. From a business standpoint, I instinctively do things: when I get something right, it's never because I use my brain.

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 play basketball, you get into the zone. You can't miss. That's the expansive mindset we're all seeking. But that only comes when the mind is quiet and separate from the noise. And the greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.
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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.
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Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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Quit taking, start giving.
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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 live in hip-hop. I don't find it to be offensive.
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