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" 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

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Russell Simmons

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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. "

" 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. "

" Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle. "

" The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out, who have not been recognized. "

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

" 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. "

Russell Simmons

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Want

" Respect your parents. What they tell you is true. Hard work, dedication and faith will get you anything. Imagination will drive itself. You can get anything you want, but you have to have faith behind all your ideas. Stick to your goals and have an undying faith. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think the idea of getting money out of politics is critical. "

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

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

" I think when you're very dedicated to something and you're engaged fully, you become a giver. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't use my brain about the creative thing. From a business standpoint, I instinctively do things: when I get something right, it's never because I use my brain. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Actresses are kind of a little crazy. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I produced Run DMC. I produced some early records, lots of records early on. "

" I try to make my life about service, and hope that one day we can all 'see' a little better because God is with everyone and everywhere. "

" The reason that I have Global Grind is to communicate ideas to people who might otherwise not be listening. "

" 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. "

" 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. "