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My Wife Kimora Once Told Me While We Were Watching "the Texas Chainsaw Massacre" That It's A Vegetarian Movie Because The Way That The Woman Was Screaming, "aaaahhh," And Trying To Run Away Is How Every Animal You Eat Reacted At The Slaughterhouse.

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By Listening To Your Higher Self, Or Atman, You Can Return To The Truth That's Already Inside Of You And In The Process Change Not Only Yourself, But The Entire World, Through Positivity And Love.

I Think The Artist's Job Throughout History Has Been To Tell - To Say Things That People Are Inspired By.

It's Always Marketeers Building Their Own Careers.

It's Very Simple: When You're Working Your Hardest, The World Opens Up To You.

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Urban Pop Culture Is Its Own Phenomena That Is For Some Reason Is Left Out Of Hollywood. It's The Most Mainstream Thing There Is.

Hollywood Is Full Of Very Liberal People, But It Still Has An Infrastructure That Needs To Be Broken.

I Know Some People Say "keep Your Eyes On The Prize," But I Disagree. When Your Eyes Are Stuck On The Prize, You're Going To Keep Stumbling And Crashing Into Things. If You Really Want To Get Ahead, You've Got To Keep Your Eyes Focused On The Path.

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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We Meditate So We Can See Miracles Unfolding. Without Stillness Life Is A Blur.

The Key Ingredient To Any Kind Of Happiness Or Success Is To Never Give Less Than Your Best

I Feel The Choices Our President Barack Obama Is Making Now Are Safer And Better.

Sitting In Stillness Has Got To Be The Greatest Asset I Have In Terms Of Attaining Happiness.

Attaining Happiness

I'm Always Surrounded By Smart Talented People. I Had Talented Partners. Stan Latham For One. Talent Scouts.

The Word Mantra Comes From Two Sanskrit Words Man, ("to Think") And Tra ("tool'). So The Literal Translation Is "a Tool Of Thought." And That's How Mantras Are Used In Buddhist And Hindu Practices, As Tools That Clear Your Mind Of Distractions. Because When You Focus On Repeating That Mantra Over And Over Again, Soon The Noise Will Die Down And All You Will Hear Is Your Inner Voice.

Imagine If You Have A Million Views On A Show And They Say It's A Hit On Some Cable Networks. I Could Put Out A Piece Of Content That Has 20 Million Views.

In My Experience, There's Only One Thing That Will Always Steer You Toward Success: That's To Have A Vision And To Stick With It... Once I Have A Vision For A New Venture, I'm Going To Ride That Vision Until The Wheels Come Off.

We Need To Hear Everyone. We Need Dialogue Between Police And The Community. They're Angry. They're Hurt. A Dialogue Can Cause A Shift In Consciousness In The Person If He's Understanding You And Listening.

I'm A Full Disclosure Kind Of Person.

Last Year My Wife Got A Rolls-royce.

Coming Out Of My First Yoga Class, I Was Astonished That There Were Nothing But Hot Girls There. Just 55 Girls, Bobby Shriver, Who's A Buddy Of Mine, And Myself. I Came Out Of Class, I Was So High. I Been Sober 26 Years, But I'm An Ex-druggie.

There Is No Happiness Until The Mind Is Still. The Cause Of All Sickness And Sadness Is The Fluctuation Of The Mind.

I Live In Hip-hop. I Don't Find It To Be Offensive.

Good Givers Are Great Getters.

But Rich Or Poor, Black Or White, None Of Us Are Entitled To Anything.

I Try To Keep A Positive Intention, And Use Whatever Resources I Have To Benefit Others. I Try To Create Businesses That I Think Are Not Hurtful. I Try To Do Things That I Think Are Helpful To The Environment, To The Animals, And To The Planet.

[performing Artists] Are Making Greater Percentages. People Are Going To Live Events More And It's A Big Success Story For Everyone - Except The Music Industry Itself.

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. The Biggest Impediment To Get The Laws Changed Was The Lobbyists. Whether You're Talking About Healthcare, Jobs Going Overseas, Or Tax Reform, You're Always Coming Up Against Lobbyists.

A Poet Or A Comedian Can Say What's On The Mind Of People. They Should Be Funny. They Should Make You Laugh. It May Be So Truthful That It Hurts, But It Makes You Laugh.

I'm Still Moving Around.we're Building A Platform To Put A Song Out Every Week For 52 Weeks Called Add52.

If You Are A Good Giver, You Will Be Great Getter. The Less You Need, The More You Attract.

There Are Songs And Melody That Make You Really Happy. And There Are Spiritual Gifts That You Have - Giving These Gifts Away Sometimes Gives You That Feeling Of Inspiration. These Seconds Of Awareness Make You Realize That Any Second Can Be Your Favorite One, And It Really Is Up To You.

We Want The Government To Be Controlled By All The People, Not By The Richest 1%. That's Always Been The First Demand. That's A Simple Enough Message, And I Think It's Pretty Clear Now, Even Though Much Of The Media Has Been Disingenuous In Its Coverage. We Don't Want The Heads Of The Biggest Industries To Make All The Decisions, Because They're Not For The People. They're For The Corporations. Power To The People!

Every Day Set The Simple Goal Of Trying To Be More Awake And Less Distracted.

I Applaud What The Oscars Are Doing To Promote Diversity. I Think It's Great.

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.

"...piling Up Zeros In Your Bank Account, Or Cars In Your Driveway, Won't In And Of Itself Make You Successful. Rather, True Success Is Based On A Constant Flow Of Giving And Recieving. In Fact, If You Look Up Affluence In The Dictionary, You'll See Its Root Is A Latin Phrase Meaning "to Flow With Abundance". So In Order To Be Truly Affluent, You Must Always Let What You Have Recieved Flow Back Into The World."

Needing Nothing Really Is The Ultimate Goal. And To Have Nothing To Do With Things.

You Know, The Diversity That America Has Is So Special. It's Starting To Really Become A Cool Thing For Young People.

You Just Have To Pay Attention To What People Need And What Has Not Been Done.

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 Why Cops Go Unindicted.

American Democracy Is Spoiled By People Buying Everything In Sight And Then Selling And Buying Everything In Sight, Including Our Politicians.

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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.

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They're Lacking Culture In Hollywood. That Gives Me A Big Up, Right? I Know Something About Pop Culture.

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I'm A Big Supporter Of President Obama.

President Obama

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Self Development

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That Was Never My Intention To Compete With The Oscars.

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Anyone Whose Mission Is Keeping People Apart Is Swimming Against A Very Strong Tide.

Everyone's Goal Is To Be Happy. Happiness Is Achieved By Promoting Happiness To Others.

I Kind Of Think That Artists Throughout History, Poets Throughout History Have Been Criticized For Sharing What's On People's Minds And I Don't Think It's Any Different Now.

I Try To Do Things That I Think Are Helpful To The Environment, To The Animals, And To The Planet.

The Soundtrack In The Poetry Is The Soundtrack From Your Own Heartbeat.

I Don't Eat Anything That Runs Away From Me.

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At The Shock Of A Joke, Everything Disappears But The Present Moment.

No One Wants To Sell To Just 12% Of The Population For The Entire Length Of Their Careers. It Creates A Difficult And Less-profitable Environment. But Hollywood Has Lived With That Limiting Mantra, And Only A Few Black Stars Have Managed To Break Through.

Don't Ruin A Good Today By Thinking Of A Bad Yesterday, Let It Go!

No Matter What We've Done Or Where We've Been, Every Single One Of Us Can Change.

People Changing

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I Want To Fight Poverty And Ignorance And Give Opportunity To Those People Who Are Locked Out.

Every Time I Go Into A New Venture, I Find A "rabbi" Who Has The Business Acumen To Help Me Understand The Mechanics Of That Industry, The Costs Involved In Developing A Product, And What You Need To Do In Order To Make A Profit.

I Want To Talk A Little Bit Abut Two Things: Clarity And Cloudiness. Both Of Them Quiet The Mind. One Quiets It, The Other Numbs It. Either Way, There's Less Thought, And The Less Thought, The More Happiness.

...if We Are Open And We Prepare For Promoting Dialogue And Love, And A Better Understanding Of Each Other, And Tolerance And So Forth, That's What The World Will Become, A More Tolerant, Loving Place.

I Can't Get My Medicine.

I've Been Thinking A Lot About Gay Marriage. I'm A Big Supporter.

In The End, The Overriding Factor In Whether Or Not You Realize Your Dreams Is Going To Be You. Not The World. You.

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.

Never Pass Up Any Opportunity To Share Your Gifts With The World.

Hip-hop Took Some Lessons From Rock 'n' Roll, And Rock 'n' Roll Took Some Lessons From Hip-hop.

Hip-hop Is Such A Wide Statement Of Culture That Everyone Is Not The Same, And It's Impossible To Put It Into One Box.

You Have To Learn To Laugh All The Time. It's A Practice Of Life. It's A Practice Of Happiness.

You Don't Expect A 94-year-old White Guy To Pick "dope," Which Was An Awesome Movie Not Even Close To Being Considered By The Academy. And That's What It's All About, Like, Promoting People Who Might Not Otherwise Get Promoted And Celebrating People Who Might Not Get Celebrated.

The Past Gives Great Examples Of What Can Happen In The Future. It's Always Important To Remember.

Needing Nothing Attracts Everything.

Law Of Attraction

Self-development Quotes On: Courage, Honesty Any Kind Of Lasting Success Is Rooted In Honesty.

Art Allows People A Way To Dream Their Way Out Of Their Struggle.

I Just Said Let's Get Some Poets On Tv. And When They Said That Sounded Unlikely, I Made It Worse. I Said, No Man, I Want To Put A Bunch Of Black Poets On Stage, Too. Some Latino Poets Who Barely Speak English And Asian Poets Who Can't Believe How Discriminated Against They Are. It Was Luck Nad Being In The Right Place. I Wasn't Saying Nothing Somebody Else Wasn't Saying But They Wouldn't Hear It From Them.

There Is A Subject - There Is A Research That Says A Man Thinks About Sex Every 12 Seconds. And So When An Artist Expresses Something That's Sexual In Music It Is A Reflection Of Our Reality. If We Want That Reality Changed, Then We Have To Do Things That Affect The Core.

Whatever You Chase Will Run Away From You. So, Stop Chasing Success And Realize You Already Have It All.

Meditation Can Reintroduce You To The Part That's Been Missing.

Labels Cloud Our Vision And Distract Us From Seeing How Much We Have In Common With One Another.

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.

My Little Girls Are The Most Beautiful Women In The World. I Am A Lucky, Lucky Man. I Will Spend Every Day Making Sure That They Know This.

People Will Always Blame The Poets For Society's Ills. But These Are The True Artists.

The Emotional Attachment You Get With A Client Or The Music Fan Allows You Access To Do A Lot Of Things.

What I Would Do To Change This Planet Is Have Everyone Meditate And Look Inside. Then We'd Have A Happier, More Service-oriented, Less-needy World.

It's Important To Focus On What We Do Best And Master One Craft At A Time.

No Matter How Rich You Are, You Cannot Transport Yourself To The Future Or The Past.

Black Actors On The Road, Flying Around The Country Working As Poets. Those People Are Inspirations For Millions Of Kids Who Write.

I Don't Believe That People Create Their Own Visions. Rather, I Believe That Visions Are Actually God's Way Of Communicating With Us.

Learn To Let Your Thoughts Exist On Their Own Without Getting Too Involved In Them.

I Can't Pay My [bills]. I Can't Go To Work. My Car Is Out Of Gas.

If You Play Basketball, You Get Into The Zone. You Can't Miss. That's The Expansive Mindset We're All Seeking. But That Only Comes When The Mind Is Quiet And Separate From The Noise. And The Greatest Tool To Eliminate The Noise Is Meditation.

You Know, Sometimes People Never Get To Learn How Successful They Could Have Been Because They Give Up Too Easily. If I've Learned One Thing In All My Years In The Business, It's That Often Things Don't Work Out The Way You Want At First. But That Doesn't Mean You Should Give Up.

The Stuff I Do, I Do Every Day, And I've Been Doing It For Long Periods Of Time. I Don't Start And Quit-ever. I Start And Stay On It.

I Just Try To, In My Own Way, Contribute To Making A Better Hollywood, To Move Hollywood To Be A Leader In Social Justice, As It Always Has Been, And Not To Have Any Holes In Their Own Backyard While They Continue To Push For Equality And All The Things That They Always Stand Up For.

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.

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 Signed Jay-z Because He Was On Fire. I Wasn't A Genius. The Record Was Great. I Put It On The Nutty Professor Soundtrack And We Signed Him.

You Have To Be Present, Awake And Happy Now.

Service Is The Key To Everything In Life.

The Best Defense For Any Group Of People Is What We Do To Defend Other People.

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.

Inspirational Running

You Just Have To Smile And Breathe. You Do The Best You Can With What You Have And That's It.

In The Yogic Tradition, This Principle Of Using Intense Effort To Burn Through Life's Distractions Is Called Tapas. It's Another Sanskrit Word, Roughly Defined As "heat" Or "essential Energy." The Concept Is That Through A Disciplined Approach To Work And Self-sacrifice, Tapas Will Burn Away The Negativity That Separates Us From God. By Working Our Hardest And Happily Enduring The Hardships Of Life We Are Able To Create A Sense Of Peace And Clarity In Ourselves.

What Holds Most People Back Isn't The Quality Of Their Ideas, But Their Lack Of Faith In Themselves.

I Don't Want To Appease Everyone. It Seems Very Difficult To Be Steadfast On Truth And Be A Politician.

If You Want To Say Something Profound, Writing From Your Heartbeat Is Different Than Writing From The Loud Voices You Get From Music. If They're Rapping From Noise, It's About Robbing People. It's That Simple.

The Politicians Already In Office Don't Want To Change. A Few Might Have It In Their Hearts To Change And To Start Working For The People, But Even Some Of The Most Progressive Politicians Are Silent Because They Know That The Candidate With The Most Money Wins.

Quiet Time Is The Key. We Have Hundreds Of Thousands Of Kids Around The Country Meditating Through The David Lynch Foundation.

In My Heart, I Know That Marriage Equality For Every Human Being Isn't A Question Of If, But Only A Matter Of When. I Ask Those Who Feel That Giving Freedom To Others Somehow Binds You, To Please Take A Good Look At What You Are Standing Behind.

I Always Say Neediness Is The Cause Of Suffering. I'm Not The Only One Who Says It. It's Something I Adopted And I Believe.

Gangsta Rappers, They Call Them. Not Nearly As Gangsta As The Things That Inspire Them.. You Know, A Gangsta Government That We Operate Under.

Decide That No Matter What Is Happening Around You, The Sun Will Always Be Shining In Your World.

Being A Thoughtful Vegan Makes Our Time On This Earth More Peaceful And Joyous, Because You Get To Have A Hand In Promoting And Increasing The Happiness, Good Health And Well-being Of Others -- Both Animal And Human -- Rather Than Being An Instrument Of Their Suffering And Death.

Stay In Your Lane. If You're Good Enough, People Will Move To You.

I Don't Miss A Day Of Yoga. I Don't Miss My Meditation... They're Way More Important.

Running All My Different Companies Has Turned Out To Be A Lot Easier Because I Mediate Twice A Day And Go To Yoga Every Day.

An Animal Products Diet Is Like Smoking 20 Cigarettes A Day.

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 Wall.

Nothing Increases Happiness Like Quiet Time. The Truth Is, The Only Moments That Make You Laugh Or Happy Are Seconds Of Stillness.

When You Do Good By The World, The World Will Do Good By You

Actresses Are Kind Of A Little Crazy.

It Is Only Through Opening Your Hearts Will You Be Able To See That By Promoting Freedom For All, You Are Unchaining Yourself. I Guess I'm An Optimist. I Have Faith In People And Our Government Ultimately To Do The Right Thing. And To My Brothers And Sisters In California, I'm There With You Every Step Of The Way Until That Day Comes...

I Don't Want To Wait For Hollywood To Decide That What I Do Is Good.

My Idea Is To Integrate Black Stars Into Mainstream Stars. It Hasn't Been Explored Properly. That's What Im Doing In Hollywood.

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 Wife Trying To Hold The Family Together.

Reacting To The World With A Smile Instead Of A Curse, A Wave Instead Of The Middle Finger, Will Actually Help You Live Longer.

Well, It's The Last Step Of The Civil Rights Movement: You Know, Wrap Your Hands Around Some Money.

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.

I Think When You're Very Dedicated To Something And You're Engaged Fully, You Become A Giver.

The Elected Officials Should Be Working For The Voters Who Elected Them. Money Corrupts The Process. Why Would You Be Giving A Candidate Money Unless You Expect Something In Return?

The World Belongs To The People Who Say, 'i Can'.

Whatever Obstacles Appear In Your Path, Put Your Head Down And Get Past Them. Those Obstacles Aren't Real. They're Just God's Way Of Testing You. He's Asking You, 'do You Want To Make It Or Not?'

There Are So Many Urban Pop Ideas That Are Underserved, And I Think Hollywood Doesn't See Us And Misses The Opportunity To Integrate.

The Greatest Tool To Eliminate The Noise Is Meditation.

I Was Literally Calling My Customers Who Were Complaining On Social Media And Having A Dialog With Them, And Sending Them Money.

I Think It's Very Important. I've Gone Into Prisons To Meditate With Inmates. It's Something I Plan To Do With Tim Robbins Soon.

When You Give Without Reservation, You’ll Become A Magnet That Pulls The World Toward You.

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. Even To Protect Their Own Interests Or The Interests Of The Planet Or The Animals Or Other Individuals, Which Is Critical. I Try To Keep It.

Those Who Need Nothing Attract Everything.

I Think Hollywood Is Incredibly Segregated. I've Never Seen Any Place Like It.

I Know A Lot Of Angry Liberals Right Now. Hell, I Know A Lot Of Angry Vegans.

A Large Portion Of American Citizens, Especially People Of Color, Have Lost Confidence In Our Criminal Justice System. Many Have Called For Appointing Special Prosecutors When A Police Officer Kills Or Injures A Civilian. If You Were Elected President, Would You Publicly Support Special Prosecutors In These Cases And What Is One Other Thing You Would Do To Fix Our Broken Justice System?

Your Purpose Is To Act On The Resources God Gives You. If God Gives You A Bucket Of Fish, You Have To Distribute Those Fish. If You Don't, They're Going To Rot, Attract A Bunch Of Flies, And Start Stinking Up Your Soul.

I Am Very Lucky That I Have Talented And Creative People Around Me. Also, Mediation Has Been A Very Big Part Of My Freedom, Because It Allows Me To Watch All The Things Going On And Allows Me To Focus.

People Build Themselves Up Before You Even Have To Deal With Them.

Happy Can Make You Money, But Money Can't Make You Happy.

I Used To Think Anxiety And Insomnia Drove Me To Success, But It Was The Stillness That Let Me Be Good At Anything. When You Extend The Seconds Of Stillness, That's When You're Able To Think And Learn.

The Research Shows That If You Meditate, The Mind Becomes Still, And They Can See The Functionality And Gray Matter In The Brain Increase, The Nervous System Calm, The Immune System Improve And A Reduction In Stress.

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.

Hip-hop Is A Voice For Voiceless Poor People.

That Happens To Me Everyday. I Watch My Thoughts, Not Only On The Mat, But All Through The Day.

I Think I'm Less Afraid Of Failure Than Some Others.

Inspirational Running

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One Positive Thought Can Change Your Whole Day.

Positive Thoughts

You Cannot Find It Anywhere, Because It Is Located Inside You... Happiness Is Your Natural State.

I'm Lucky That I Have A Platform That I Can Answer My Own Questions.

I Want To Do And I'm Giving All The Profits To Charity, Is To Teach People To Meditate. All It Takes Is A Little Bit Of Patience.

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