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" I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen. "

Russell Simmons

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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 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. "

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" Service is the key to everything in life. "

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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. "

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" I try to keep a positive intention and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet. "

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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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" I'm a big supporter of President Obama. "

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" The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug. "

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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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" I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet. "

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" Look at all the billionaires. If I know 15 billionaires, I know 13 unhappy people. "

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" I think I'm less afraid of failure than some others. "

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" To be awake is to be fully present, no noise, just you and God. Most of us only have seconds of full consciousness. To live in a state of Samadhi - that's what we're here for. "

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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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" Most people believe that results matter. The idea that results matter is one that you have to keep letting go of. And most of the time, I believe it. "

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

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" I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had a great impact on me when my father walked the picket lines and I walked with him during the civil rights movement. "

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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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" 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 want to get involved in things that makes a difference in peoples lives and lifts them up. I don't want to be a part of anything that's not inspiring or helpful to the community that I'm serving. "

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" I go to yoga every day. I meditate every morning. "

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" I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens. "

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" I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the vision I have. "

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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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" 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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" Hip-hop is a voice for voiceless poor people. "

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