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When I started the diamond business, no black person, period, was in it to do what we're trying to do to change the industry. So I like to do things that I see clearly that are in my, you know, scope. And then, I had to figure how I get talented or smart business people around me to execute. That's what I have to do.

Russell Simmons

Smart, People, Black

"Does Russell Simmons Serve Hip-Hop?". "News & Notes" with Farai Chideya, www.npr.org. June 4, 2007.

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Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self

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Compassion, Self, Expression

Twitter post from Jan 16, 2017

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I have 2 million Twitter followers. Some of those people are also yogis and activists and people who really go out and make a difference. I do as much as I can with my voice. It's effortless in some cases. I try to remind everybody that they have that kind of voice.

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Voice, Differences, People

"Russell Simmons Interview With ORIGIN Magazine: How To Make Positive Changes". Interview with Ocean Plesant, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 03, 2013.

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A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special prosecutors when a police officer kills or injures a civilian. If you were elected president, would you publicly support special prosecutors in these cases and what is one other thing you would do to fix our broken justice system?

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Color, Broken, Justice

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Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.

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Years, Wife, Lasts

"Russell Simmons, Wife Host Event Despite Separation". www.foxnews.com. April 06, 2006.

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I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.

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Thinking, Keys, People

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You know, sometimes people never get to learn how successful they could have been because they give up too easily. If I've learned one thing in all my years in the business, it's that often things don't work out the way you want at first. But that doesn't mean you should give up.

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Success, Giving Up, Business

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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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Animal, Thinking, Trying

"Russell Simmons Interview With ORIGIN Magazine: How To Make Positive Changes (PHOTOS)". Interview with Ocean Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 3, 2013.

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People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists.

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Artist, People, Blame

"More Questions with Russell Simmons". content.time.com. May 3, 2007.

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You can't jump to vegan if you're not. Some people are absolute. Some people are able to be gradual.

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People, Able, Vegan

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You know, the diversity that America has is so special. It's starting to really become a cool thing for young people.

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America, People, Diversity

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The book 'Do You!' is about your inner voice. And when you connect to that voice then you - then the freedom comes. And we're only here to be happy. So happy makes money. Money doesn't make happy.

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Book, Voice, Make Happy

"Does Russell Simmons Serve Hip-Hop?". "News & Notes" with Farai Chideya, www.npr.org. June 4, 2007.

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American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.

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Sight, People, Democracy

"Russell Simmons On Whitney Houston At Vivienne Tam". Interview with Lorraine Cwelich, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 16, 2012.

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At the core of everything that is hurtful to humanity is a lack of consciousness.

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Humanity, Hurtful, Consciousness

Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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I live in hip-hop. I don't find it to be offensive.

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Hip Hop, Hips, Offensive

Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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I'm a full disclosure kind of person.

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Kind, Disclosure, Persons

Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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I can't get my medicine.

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Medicine, I Can

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I'm still moving around.We're building a platform to put a song out every week for 52 weeks called ADD52.

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Song, Moving, Week

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Suffering will always be there. You'll always have the poor. You have to own your own progress. It is true that because of the economy and the fear factor the president [Barack Obama] is able to execute a lot of promises that it would be difficult to deliver it not for the fear factor. It's funny. He's delivering on what he promised and we call it fear.

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Promise, Suffering, Progress

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don't want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it's the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare.

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America, Ballet, Suffering

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

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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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Artist, Thinking, People

Source: www.foxnews.com

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I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn't a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him.

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Fire, Genius, Records

Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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Unconscious behavior is at the core. Think of the 40 billion animals we abuse and eat who are born into suffering. It's a karmic disaster.

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Animal, Thinking, Abuse

Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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The always-connected culture isn't as much a contributor as Grace might think. The nervous mind, the monkey mind, will create its own noise. It doesn't need a new toy.

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Thinking, Grace, Mind

Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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I think it's very important. I've gone into prisons to meditate with inmates. It's something I plan to do with Tim Robbins soon.

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Thinking, Important, Gone

Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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"We want the government to be controlled by all the people, not by the richest 1%. That's always been the first demand. That's a simple enough message, and I think it's pretty clear now, even though much of the media has been disingenuous in its coverage. We don't want the heads of the biggest industries to make all the decisions, because they're not for the people. They're for the corporations. Power to the people!"

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