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" I think when you're very dedicated to something and you're engaged fully, you become a giver. "
Russell Simmons
Something
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" Service is the key to everything in life. "
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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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" I'm a creative guy. And I only do businesses as a result of like I've - I'm try to find what my gifts are and give them immediately. As soon as I get them and I understand, I give them back. "
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" People are afraid of failure - they don't like to work so hard and have people keep saying, 'No.' I think that's what people fear most. "
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" I mostly eat healthy. I just do. I'm not a vegan for health reasons - although obviously I'm 20 pounds lighter than when I started. I stayed 20 pounds lighter. I feel better. My friends say I look better. All that's true. But I'm a vegan for compassionate reasons. "
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" I go to yoga every day. I meditate every morning. "
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" The conditions of suffering that exist today in our impoverished communities are not acceptable. The reflection of those conditions are less concerning to me. And I work everyday about changing the conditions. "
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" My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them. "
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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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" Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation. "
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" I think I'm less afraid of failure than some others. "
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" I want to fight poverty and ignorance and give opportunity to those people who are locked out. "
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" As I get, I give. Giving as you get is critical. It has everything to do with being happy for yourself, and making others happy is the cause of making yourself happy, and it's the cycle of giving and getting. "
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" I run a bunch of charities and I say this line to people: 'I am somebody who has always been helped.' A little thing like that can make people believe it. "
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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 spend any time thinking about my place in history, ever. If people say I changed things, it's nice, and I take it - but if I could give it to a charity it would be useful. I really believe now that my only job in life is to achieve a state of comfort and happiness. "
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" If you give a good thing to the world, then over time your karma will be good, and you'll receive good. "
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" Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce. "
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" I'm not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other. "
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" Well, it's the last step of the civil rights movement: You know, wrap your hands around some money, right? "
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" My little girls are the most beautiful women in the world. I am a lucky, lucky man. I will spend every day making sure that they know this. "
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" You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or an opportunity that should be opened up to them. But at the same time I believe that people of color are not the only poor people in America and all over the world. "
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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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" I'm born into the cycle of giving that we're all born into, and I recognize it. So just because something is a good business, I'm not a business guy. I'm a creative guy. "
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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. "
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