American - Businessman | October 4, 1957 -
I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the vision I have.
Russell Simmons
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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'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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Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle.
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If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It's a step process.
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Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.
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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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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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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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If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you're going to get, you become a more successful person. In other words, if you want to make money, you have to help someone else make money.
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I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.
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I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful.
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