Russell Simmons Quotes - Page 12

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• The most aggressive views governing this country speak a lot about inclusion. We still have some people in this country who don't really get that we all have the same agenda, aspirations, hopes, and fears. I want people to be free and to be able to express themselves, to find the best ways to say things so that people can digest them.

  Russell Simmons

  Country, Views, People

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I had too many businesses that are frivolous. I have enough. What interests me most is under-served communities. We need a new style of empowering these people, and new approaches.

  Russell Simmons

  People, Community, Empowering

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I would like to employ more people but I don't want to empower my charities at the cost of exploiting people or doing things that are not useful, so I'm working on that.

  Russell Simmons

  People, Empowering, Want

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• No one wants to sell to just 12% of the population for the entire length of their careers. It creates a difficult and less-profitable environment. But Hollywood has lived with that limiting mantra, and only a few black stars have managed to break through.

  Russell Simmons

  Stars, Break Through, Careers

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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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.

  Russell Simmons

  Girl, Fun, Kids

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem, they always wanted the finer things in life.

  Russell Simmons

  Things In Life, Hip Hop, Might

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. September 26, 2002.

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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.

  Russell Simmons

  Uplifting, Dream, Opportunity

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. September 26, 2002.

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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.

  Russell Simmons

  Stars, Ideas, Black

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• Young people, when they're left alone, always want to have compassion, and they always want to give. They always want to help people who are less fortunate.

  Russell Simmons

  Compassion, People, Giving

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. September 26, 2002.

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• I've been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I'm a big supporter.

  Russell Simmons

  Gay, Thinking, Bigs

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I don't fault business. If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That's why legislation and regulations are necessary.

  Russell Simmons

  Running, Compassion, Remember

  Source: aalbc.com

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