Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
No matter what you're doing, try to work at that task like it's your dream job. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
Sometimes, a new toy, a new technology, will focus you. The world is always trying to draw you out, so you always… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I don't know that God favors the person who has a greater reach than those who have a small reach. It's the… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
You'll see a lot of funny stuff, you'll see a lot of daddy-knows-best stuff, you'll see a lot of me and my… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I'm a good giver without expectations. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
When I started the diamond business, no black person, period, was in it to do what we're trying to do to change… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I think I will always have a connection to young people, to try to bring their voices to the polls, bring their… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
My wife Kimora once told me while we were watching "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" that it's a vegetarian movie because the way… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I think the rap community always tells the truth. And I think that it's important that we listen to their voices so… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I have 2 million Twitter followers. Some of those people are also yogis and activists and people who really go out and… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I just try to, in my own way, contribute to making a better Hollywood, to move Hollywood to be a leader in… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I try to keep a positive intention and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
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,… — Russell Simmons Copy Share
If you don't break a hole through the brick wall, don't just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that… — Russell Simmons Copy Share
A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special… — Russell Simmons Copy Share
There's one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is… — Russell Simmons Copy Share
I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When… — Russell Simmons Copy Share
[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the… — Russell Simmons Copy Share
I think I will always have a connection to young people, to try to bring their voices to the polls, bring their voices wherever… — Russell Simmons Copy Share
The best defense for any group of people is what we do to defend other people. — Russell Simmons Copy Share
Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don't want the old ways. They want to bring in the… — Russell Simmons Copy Share
I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen. — Russell Simmons Copy Share
They're lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture. — Russell Simmons Copy Share
If you talk about the prison-industrial complex, I've fought against the prison-industrial complex when I called for a repeal of the Rockefeller drug laws.… — Russell Simmons Copy Share
