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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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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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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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No matter where you want to go, as long as you follow your path with faith, dedication and hard work, you are going to get there.
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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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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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I'm a full disclosure kind of person.
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There are songs and melody that make you really happy. And there are spiritual gifts that you have - giving these gifts away sometimes gives you that feeling of inspiration. These seconds of awareness make you realize that any second can be your favorite one, and it really is up to you.
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I think the artist's job throughout history has been to tell - to say things that people are inspired by.
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There are no failures, only quitters.
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But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
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I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
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If you talk about the prison-industrial complex, I've fought against the prison-industrial complex when I called for a repeal of the Rockefeller drug laws. The biggest impediment to get the laws changed was the lobbyists. Whether you're talking about healthcare, jobs going overseas, or tax reform, you're always coming up against lobbyists.
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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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