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Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
Russell Simmons
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Russell Simmons
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 4
Business Person
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Queens
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Russell Wendell Simmons
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I just try to, in my own way, contribute to making a better Hollywood, to move Hollywood to be a leader in social justice, as it always has been, and not to have any holes in their own backyard while they continue to push for equality and all the things that they always stand up for.
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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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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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You've got to do things that promote what's important.
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We meditate so we can see miracles unfolding. Without stillness life is a blur.
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There's one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is why cops go unindicted.
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I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.
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Stay in your lane. If you're good enough, people will move to you.
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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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Always focus on your effort, instead of the results of that effort.
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As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.
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No one wants to sell to just 12% of the population for the entire length of their careers. It creates a difficult and less-profitable environment. But Hollywood has lived with that limiting mantra, and only a few black stars have managed to break through.
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Actresses are kind of a little crazy.
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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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The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best
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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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When the mind is totally still, there's only bliss. I got a piece of that reality from my first yoga class, from smiling and breathing in every difficult pose. I went, Oh my God! I'm clear! I love this!
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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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At the shock of a joke, everything disappears but the present moment.
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In my heart, I know that marriage equality for every human being isn't a question of if, but only a matter of when. I ask those who feel that giving freedom to others somehow binds you, to please take a good look at what you are standing behind.
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