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Russell Simmons
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 4
Business Person
Entrepreneur
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Russell Wendell Simmons
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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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Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.
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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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You don't need a record deal. You'll have the industry begging for you, when you build your buzz.
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Don't ruin a good today by thinking of a bad yesterday, Let it go!
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Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world.
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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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Sometimes, a new toy, a new technology, will focus you. The world is always trying to draw you out, so you always have to remember to go in.
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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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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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