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It's all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap.

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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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Urban pop culture is its own phenomena that is for some reason is left out of Hollywood. It's the most mainstream thing there is.
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You don't expect a 94-year-old white guy to pick Dope, which was an awesome movie not even close to being considered by the Academy. And that's what it's all about, like, promoting people who might not otherwise get promoted and celebrating people who might not get celebrated.
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There are no failures, only quitters.
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The poets who do this are uniquely conscious of this silence, this stillness.
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I know some people say Keep your eyes on the prize, but I disagree. When your eyes are stuck on the prize, you're going to keep stumbling and crashing into things. If you really want to get ahead, you've got to keep your eyes focused on the path.
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I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it's great.
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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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[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the music industry itself.
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I have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl to a black university, like in Legally Blonde. I have so many fun projects.
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Meditation helps everything.
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Not every move you make has to be a great leap
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The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.
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I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I've never seen any place like it.
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I'm a full disclosure kind of person.
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I look for people who have insight in places where I don't.
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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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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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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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Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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People build themselves up before you even have to deal with them.
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