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They're lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.
Russell Simmons
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Russell Simmons
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 4
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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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My idea is to integrate black stars into mainstream stars. It hasn't been explored properly. That's what Im doing in Hollywood.
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Always focus on your effort, instead of the results of that effort.
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I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had a great impact on me when my father walked the picket lines and I walked with him during the civil rights movement.
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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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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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Actresses are kind of a little crazy.
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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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Be encouraged. Stay on your hustle. You can't fail until u quit.
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I kind of think that artists throughout history, poets throughout history have been criticized for sharing what's on people's minds and I don't think it's any different now.
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The poets who do this are uniquely conscious of this silence, this stillness.
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People build themselves up before you even have to deal with them.
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No matter what we've done or where we've been, every single one of us can change.
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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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The person who understands Dharma will have the opposite reaction to a hard job. That person will be eager to get started, no matter what kind of work is in front of her, because she understands that she's doing God's work. And when you're working for God, nothing is too hard.
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I knew it was unrealistic to think I could build an institution overnight. But if I took baby steps, eventually it would happen.
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I don't eat any animals or anything that has to do with animals. No fish or egg or dairy because I personally don't feel it's a good practice to eat anything that might run away from you.
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Mistakes only cost you when you don't acknowledge them.
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