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You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.

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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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There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That's why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that.
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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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As I get, I give. Giving as you get is critical. It has everything to do with being happy for yourself, and making others happy is the cause of making yourself happy, and it’s the cycle of giving and getting.
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The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.
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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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You don't need a record deal. You'll have the industry begging for you, when you build your buzz.
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[T]here's nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.
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My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them.
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I read The Yoga Sutras every day.And also the The Bhagavad Gita. Those two books sit by my bed.
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The stuff I do, I do every day, and I've been doing it for long periods of time. I don't start and quit-ever. I start and stay on it.
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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 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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Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don't want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it's the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare.
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Don't ruin a good today by thinking of a bad yesterday, Let it go!
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The best way to protect both the policemen and the community going forward is by creating a system that's just, where everyone feels safe.
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Many of my biggest business endeavors were failures before they became a success. Some failed for as long as six years before they hit. Everyone around me thought I was crazy. You just have to stay at it.
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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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Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem, they always wanted the finer things in life.
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The seconds of presence are where most inspiration comes. There are sunsets that promote it.
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By listening to your higher self, or Atman, you can return to the truth that's already inside of you and in the process change not only yourself, but the entire world, through positivity and love.
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