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I look for people who have insight in places where I don't.

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Russell Simmons
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 4
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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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I don't like to say, Oh, this is my favorite record because there was a moment that that record made me feel a certain way. The one on the radio at the present moment could be the one that's most inspiring, because it's at that second that you're aware of the infinite everything.
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I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it's great.
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My wife Kimora once told me while we were watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre that it's a vegetarian movie because the way that the woman was screaming, Aaaahhh, and trying to run away is how every animal you eat reacted at the slaughterhouse.
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Sitting in stillness has got to be the greatest asset I have in terms of attaining happiness.
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No matter where you're from or what you've done, you're never stuck in a particular circumstance, relationship, or cycle unless you say you are.
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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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I don't use my brain about the creative thing. From a business standpoint, I instinctively do things: when I get something right, it's never because I use my brain.
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One positive thought can change your whole day.
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Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
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Quit taking, start giving.
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You've got to do things that promote what's important.
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Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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The emotional attachment you get with a client or the music fan allows you access to do a lot of things.
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Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
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You just have to smile and breathe. You do the best you can with what you have and that's it.
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Being materialistic is part of the hip-hop community's nature, because jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll, when they started out in the urban communities, were about the American Dream, and the lack of opportunity in that structure. So they talked about everything - uplifting and getting what is perceived as success in America.
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Success is happiness. People say, Oh that sounds corny. No matter how rich you are you can only sit your ass in one seat at a time. You have to be comfortable in that seat.
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