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A person's strength is to know their weaknesses.

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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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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I kind of think that artists throughout history, poets throughout history have been criticized for sharing what's on people's minds and I don't think it's any different now.
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What I would do to change this planet is have everyone meditate and look inside. Then we'd have a happier, more service-oriented, less-needy world.
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If you don't break a hole through the brick wall, don't just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that wall.
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Don't ruin a good today by thinking of a bad yesterday, Let it go!
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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.
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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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Nowhere in the Bible, Koran, or Torah does it say, If you curse, then you're going to hell. But everywhere it says that if you kill, you're going to wherever they send you, depending on the religion.
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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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Being materialistic is part of the hip-hop community's nature, because jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll, when they started out in the urban communities, were about the American Dream, and the lack of opportunity in that structure. So they talked about everything - uplifting and getting what is perceived as success in America.
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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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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've shared meditation with a lot of hip-hop artists, inmates, and returning war veterans with PTSD, as well. I feel like this dharma, this service is part of my job.
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Running all my different companies has turned out to be a lot easier because I mediate twice a day and go to yoga every day.
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But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
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I'm not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other.
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Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
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You know, the diversity that America has is so special. It's starting to really become a cool thing for young people.
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If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, you’ll always make the right decision.
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