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I'm lucky that I have a platform that I can answer my own questions.

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Russell Simmons
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 4
Business Person
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Queens
New York
Russell Wendell Simmons
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If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, you’ll always make the right decision.
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I don't miss a day of yoga. I don't miss my meditation... They're way more important.
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We meditate so we can see miracles unfolding. Without stillness life is a blur.
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Every time I go into a new venture, I find a rabbi who has the business acumen to help me understand the mechanics of that industry, the costs involved in developing a product, and what you need to do in order to make a profit.
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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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It is crucial that rappers have the chance to express the truth that is in their heart.
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Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world.
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I live in hip-hop. I don't find it to be offensive.
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The poets who do this are uniquely conscious of this silence, this stillness.
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I try to make my life about service, and hope that one day we can all 'see' a little better because God is with everyone and everywhere.
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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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Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
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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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You will be a great entrepreneur if you operate with a real sincere wanting to serve.
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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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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 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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[T]here's nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.
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