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Whatever obstacles appear in your path, put your head down and get past them. Those obstacles aren't real. They're just God's way of testing you. He's asking you, 'Do you want to make it or not?'
Russell Simmons
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Russell Simmons
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 4
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