Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons
Russell Wendell Simmons is an American entrepreneur, producer and author. The Chairman and CEO of Rush Communications, he cofounded the hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris. Simmons had a net-worth estimate of $340 million in 2011...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth4 October 1957
CityQueens, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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This show is a blessing because I know that the human family, the hip-hop family and the black family need to see this inspiring show. They're not rich, spoiled kids. They're kids who are going to contribute a lot to the world.
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They say we're putting out bad messages to the kids. Our image is clean, man. Kids beat each other's heads every day. They are fighting because they were fighting before I was born. ... We're role models.
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College kids go off to school and they get twisted with credit.
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Black actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write.
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I couldn't guarantee that someone could get off their medication. But I suspect that meditation instead of Ritalin would change the life of any kid with ADD.
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Quiet time is the key. We have hundreds of thousands of kids around the country meditating through the David Lynch Foundation.
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I have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl to a black university, like in Legally Blonde. I have so many fun projects.
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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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These blacks here today see the poverty and ignorance that is keeping us at a certain place. They know where the forces are, and they will come together and force our government to respond to the poverty and ignorance that's rampant in our country.
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Is that because I was ugly in my picture? ... I think it's because in person you get the energy.
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Seeing these heroes is inspiring. T.I. has authority.
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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 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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The reason that I have Global Grind is to communicate ideas to people who might otherwise not be listening.