American - Businessman | October 4, 1957 -
I want to fight poverty and ignorance and give opportunity to those people who are locked out.
Russell Simmons
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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 make my life about service, and hope that one day we can all 'see' a little better because God is with everyone and everywhere.
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Look at all the billionaires. If I know 15 billionaires, I know 13 unhappy people.
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Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.
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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.
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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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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 think I'm less afraid of failure than some others.
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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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I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
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If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you're going to get, you become a more successful person.
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