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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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Russell Simmons
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 4
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Record Producer
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Queens
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Russell Wendell Simmons
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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?'
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I think I will always have a connection to young people, to try to bring their voices to the polls, bring their voices wherever they can make a difference. Even to protect their own interests or the interests of the planet or the animals or other individuals, which is critical. I try to keep it.
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I don't want to appease everyone. It seems very difficult to be steadfast on truth and be a politician.
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People build themselves up before you even have to deal with them.
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