Russell Simmons Quotes - Page 9

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• No matter how rich you are, you cannot transport yourself to the future or the past.

  Russell Simmons

  Past, Matter, Rich

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• [Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the music industry itself.

  Russell Simmons

  Artist, People, Events

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• I don't miss a day of yoga. I don't miss my meditation... They're way more important.

  Russell Simmons

  Yoga, Meditation, Missing

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• You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.

  Russell Simmons

  People, Black, Needs

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• Donald Trump's not politically correct. Although you are running for president, you should be politically correct. But there is also the expression of an artist.

  Russell Simmons

  Running, Artist, Expression

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• A poet or a comedian can say what's on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh. It may be so truthful that it hurts, but it makes you laugh.

  Russell Simmons

  Hurt, People, Laughing

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• I don't want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.

  Russell Simmons

  Waiting, Hollywood, Want

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• Sitting in stillness has got to be the greatest asset I have in terms of attaining happiness.

  Russell Simmons

  Sitting, Assets, Attaining Happiness

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I'm a full disclosure kind of person.

  Russell Simmons

  Kind, Disclosure, Persons

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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

  Russell Simmons

  Hip Hop, Hips, Offensive

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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

  Russell Simmons

  Lucky, Answers, Platforms

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• 86% of its audience was made up of people of color. That tells you that the full potential of many black stars won't be realized until their audiences are fully integrated.

  Russell Simmons

  Stars, Color, People

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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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.

  Russell Simmons

  Artist, Thinking, People

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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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.

  Russell Simmons

  Promise, Suffering, Progress

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I'm not the only one who says it. It's something I adopted and I believe.

  Russell Simmons

  Believe, Suffering, Causes

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• Needing nothing really is the ultimate goal. And to have nothing to do with things.

  Russell Simmons

  Goal, Ultimate Goal, Ultimate

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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.

  Russell Simmons

  Song, Moving, Week

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• Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.

  Russell Simmons

  People, Broken, Hollywood

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.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.

  Russell Simmons

  America, Ballet, Suffering

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

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• I can't get my medicine.

  Russell Simmons

  Medicine, I Can

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• Nowadays, if you're a great artist, you don't have to leave the house, which is a really big difference. You're closer to the artist. And the artist can be closer to their artistry without having to always worry about branding themselves or building something image-wise.

  Russell Simmons

  Wise, Artist, Differences

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• It's always marketeers building their own careers.

  Russell Simmons

  Careers, Building

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• People build themselves up before you even have to deal with them.

  Russell Simmons

  People, Deals

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.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.

  Russell Simmons

  Fire, Genius, Records

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.

  Russell Simmons

  Oscars, Intention

  "Russell Simmons Has Your Oscars Alternative". "All Things Considered" with Eric Westervelt, www.npr.org. February 28, 2016.

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