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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

At The Core Of Everything That Is Hurtful To Humanity Is A Lack Of Consciousness.

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

No Matter What You're Doing, Try To Work At That Task Like It's Your Dream Job.

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

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

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

Inspirational Running

Afraid Of Failure

I Ask Everyone - White Hollywood And Black Hollywood - To Get Outside Of Your Comfort Zone And Make Friends. That's Where They're Going To Learn From Each Other, And That's Where They're Going To Make Better Movies And Make Hollywood A Better Place.

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

There Is No Religious Or Any Kind Of A Gender That Should Separate You From Any Religious Ideas.

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

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

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

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

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.

I Think That's What Made Rap Such A Stable Footprint In Culture, That It's So Honest.

I Would Like To Employ More People But I Don't Want To Empower My Charities At The Cost Of Exploiting People Or Doing Things That Are Not Useful, So I'm Working On That.

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

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

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.

You Need Black [people] Sometimes To Understand Things About Black Culture.

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.

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

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.

I Don't Eat Any Animals Or Anything That Has To Do With Animals. No Fish Or Egg Or Dairy Because I Personally Don't Feel It's A Good Practice To Eat Anything That Might Run Away From You.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Fortunately, Hollywood Is Open To Change. It's Just A Question Of How To Go About Doing It.

Poverty And Lack Of Knowledge Must Be Challenged.

Inspirational Running

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?

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

A More Happy Mind Leads To Quietness And Clarity. And That Clarity Helps You Have A Greater Capacity To Do More And To Become More Successful And More Giving.

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

Unconscious Behavior Is At The Core. Think Of The 40 Billion Animals We Abuse And Eat Who Are Born Into Suffering. It's A Karmic Disaster.

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

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

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

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.

Those Who Need Nothing Attract Everything.

Service Is The Key To Everything In Life.

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.

Embrace Struggle... It Is Your Greatest Teacher.

Art Is A Way To Express Yourself And Through That You Can Escape A Bad Situation.

Express Yourself

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

The Person Who Understands Dharma Will Have The Opposite Reaction To A "hard" Job. That Person Will Be Eager To Get Started, No Matter What Kind Of Work Is In Front Of Her, Because She Understands That She's Doing God's Work. And When You're Working For God, Nothing Is Too Hard.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

Needing Nothing Attracts Everything.

Law Of Attraction

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

The Most Aggressive Views Governing This Country Speak A Lot About Inclusion. We Still Have Some People In This Country Who Don't Really Get That We All Have The Same Agenda, Aspirations, Hopes, And Fears. I Want People To Be Free And To Be Able To Express Themselves, To Find The Best Ways To Say Things So That People Can Digest Them.

If You Give A Good Thing To The World, Then Over Time Your Karma Will Be Good, And You'll Receive Good.

One Positive Thought Can Change Your Whole Day.

Positive Thoughts

Hip-hop Is A Voice For Voiceless Poor People.

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.

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.

The Seconds Of Presence Are Where Most Inspiration Comes. There Are Sunsets That Promote It.

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

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

Surround Yourself With People Who Are Smarter Than You.

Surround Yourself

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

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.

Always Focus On Your Effort, Instead Of The Results Of That Effort.

If You Just Remember To Breathe And Smile Before You Act, You’ll Always Make The Right Decision.

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.

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.

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

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

"...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."

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

There Are No Failures, Only Quitters.

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

I'm A Full Disclosure Kind Of Person.

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

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.

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.

The Reason I Got A Break In Hollywood When I Moved Here A Few Years Ago Is My Good Buddy, Who I Was On The Beach With When He Was A Publicist, Is Now The Chairman Of Hbo.

I Mean People Are Sexist And Racist And Homophobic And Violent. But I Don't Think Of The Rappers As Being Any More Sexist Or Racist Or Homophobic Than Their Parents. Certainly Less, In All Those Cases, Less Homophobic Or Racist Or Sexist, And Then Less Gangster Than Our Government. It's Stuff That People Normally Don't Speak On, Subjects They Don't Speak On, And Ideas They Kind Of Keep To Themselves.

I Like To Move Towards A Place Where My Greatest Experience Is Promoting Happiness For Others. I Know That That Creates A Cycle Of The Same Great Experience.

Great Experiences

I Mostly Eat Healthy. I Just Do. I'm Not A Vegan For Health Reasons - Although Obviously I'm 20 Pounds Lighter Than When I Started. I Stayed 20 Pounds Lighter. I Feel Better. My Friends Say I Look Better. All That's True. But I'm A Vegan For Compassionate Reasons.

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

Many Of My Biggest Business Endeavors Were Failures Before They Became A Success. Some Failed For As Long As Six Years Before They Hit. Everyone Around Me Thought I Was Crazy. You Just Have To Stay At It.

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

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

And The More People Meditate, The More It Increases The Positive Vibrations Turning The Planet Into A Positive, Happy Place. The More You Do That, The Greater Service You Are To God.

Positive Vibrations

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

It's Always Marketeers Building Their Own Careers.

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.

I Can't Get My Medicine.

That Really Is The Best Part Of Being A Dad. You Remember What's Important In Life.

No Matter Where You Want To Go, As Long As You Follow Your Path With Faith, Dedication And Hard Work, You Are Going To Get There.

Nowhere In The Bible, Koran, Or Torah Does It Say, "if You Curse, Then You're Going To Hell." But Everywhere It Says That If You Kill, You're Going To Wherever They Send You, Depending On The Religion.

That Was Never My Intention To Compete With The Oscars.

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.

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've Shared Meditation With A Lot Of Hip-hop Artists, Inmates, And Returning War Veterans With Ptsd, As Well. I Feel Like This Dharma, This Service Is Part Of My Job.

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 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.

Sometimes, A New Toy, A New Technology, Will Focus You. The World Is Always Trying To Draw You Out, So You Always Have To Remember To Go In.

America, You Know, They Always Separate People Because Of Race. They've Been Able To Convince, 'the Niggers Are Coming.' You Know, The Diversity That America Has Is So Special. It's Starting To Really Become A Cool Thing For Young People. Not Only Because There Are More Mixes Of People, But Because People Are More Open-minded About Each Other. So I Think In The Future, America Has A Great, Great Opportunity, And Mostly Because Of Hip-hop.

I Would Never Condone Violence Against Women In Any Form, And For All Of Those I Offended, I Am Sincerely Sorry.

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

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

The Always-connected Culture Isn't As Much A Contributor As Grace Might Think. The Nervous Mind, The Monkey Mind, Will Create Its Own Noise. It Doesn't Need A New Toy.

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.

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

You Will Be A Great Entrepreneur If You Operate With A Real Sincere Wanting To Serve.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Music Is The Noise That Surrounds The Stillness Of The Art Form.

A Person's Strength Is To Know Their Weaknesses.

When I Started The Diamond Business, No Black Person, Period, Was In It To Do What We're Trying To Do To Change The Industry. So I Like To Do Things That I See Clearly That Are In My, You Know, Scope. And Then, I Had To Figure How I Get Talented Or Smart Business People Around Me To Execute. That's What I Have To Do.

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

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.

You Can't Jump To Vegan If You're Not. Some People Are Absolute. Some People Are Able To Be Gradual.

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

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.

If You Learn Late, You Pass It On To People So They Can Learn Early. It's A Step Process.

You Have To Be Able To Say What People Are Thinking But Won't Say. It's Like Donald Trump.

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 Had Too Many Businesses That Are Frivolous. I Have Enough. What Interests Me Most Is Under-served Communities. We Need A New Style Of Empowering These People, And New Approaches.

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

I Don't Fault Business. 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.

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

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

Not Every Move You Make Has To Be A Great Leap

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.

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

Good Givers Are Great Getters.

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

You Don't Need A Record Deal. You'll Have The Industry Begging For You, When You Build Your Buzz.

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

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

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

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

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.

86% Of Its Audience Was Made Up Of People Of Color. That Tells You That The Full Potential Of Many Black Stars Won't Be Realized Until Their Audiences Are Fully Integrated.

It's All About The Work. Nothing Is Going To Fall Into Your Lap. If You Want To Be A Lawyer, See Yourself As A Lawyer, Go To The Library And Start Learning The Law. If You Want To Be A Rapper, Start Rapping And Get Out There. Live Your Life As If You Already Are Where You Want To Be.

Give What You Want To Receive. If You Want Happiness, Make Others Happy.

Make Others Happy

Nowadays, If You're A Great Artist, You Don't Have To Leave The House, Which Is A Really Big Difference. You're Closer To The Artist. And The Artist Can Be Closer To Their Artistry Without Having To Always Worry About Branding Themselves Or Building Something Image-wise.

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...

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?'

The Less You Need, The More You Attract.

Gratefulness Is A Practice, Just Like Happiness Is A Choice.

Donald Trump's Not Politically Correct. Although You Are Running For President, You Should Be Politically Correct. But There Is Also The Expression Of An Artist.

I'm A Big Supporter Of President Obama.

President Obama

When The Mind Is Totally Still, There's Only Bliss. I Got A Piece Of That Reality From My First Yoga Class, From Smiling And Breathing In Every Difficult Pose. I Went, "oh My God! I'm Clear! I Love This!"

If It Feels Like Your Life Has Become A Nasty, Brackish Puddle Of Water, Never Forget That You Do Possess The Power To Transform It Into A Beautiful, Rushing Stream That Will Carry You To Enlightenment.

Judgment Of The People In The Situation Is Not Helpful. How Can You Help Them Is The Question.

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 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.

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.

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

The Pain That's Created By Avoiding Hard Work Is Actually Much Worse Than Any Pain Created From The Actual Work Itself. Because If You Don't Begin To Work On Those Ideas That God Has Blessed You With, They Will Become Stagnant Inside Of You And Eventually Begin To Eat Away At You. You Might Seem Ok On The Outside, But Inside You Will Be Ill From Not Getting Those Ideas Out Of Your Heart And Into The World. Stalling Leads To Sickness. But Taking Steps, Even Baby Steps, Always Leads To Success.

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

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.

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

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

Mistakes Only Cost You When You Don't Acknowledge Them.

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

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

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

You Have To Live Your Life As If You Are Already Where You Want To Be.

Self Development

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.

Suffering Will Always Be There. You'll Always Have The Poor. You Have To Own Your Own Progress. It Is True That Because Of The Economy And The Fear Factor The President [barack Obama] Is Able To Execute A Lot Of Promises That It Would Be Difficult To Deliver It Not For The Fear Factor. It's Funny. He's Delivering On What He Promised And We Call It Fear.

Last Year My Wife Got A Rolls-royce.

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

I Really, Really Try To Be A Good Servant. It Makes Me Happy When I'm A Good Giver Without Expectations.

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.

People Are Afraid Of Failure - They Don't Like To Work So Hard And Have People Keep Saying, 'no.' I Think That's What People Fear Most.

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

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.

It Is Crucial That Rappers Have The Chance To Express The Truth That Is In Their Heart.

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

People Changing

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

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

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 Think If You're Open-minded, The Road Will Take You Where It Takes You. If You're Closed, You Might Not Get To Go Where The Road Is Heading.

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.

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.

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

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 New, Whether It's The Ballet, When It Started, Or Shakespeare.

The Greatest Tool To Eliminate The Noise Is Meditation.

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.

You Have To Be Present, Awake And Happy Now.

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

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