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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

Everything You Need To Know About Success Is Inside Of You, Because I Believe It Is Inside Of All Of Us. That Is, All Human Beings Have Potential For Infinite Success.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Needing Nothing Attracts Everything.

Law Of Attraction

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.

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.

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

The Greatest Tool To Eliminate The Noise Is Meditation.

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.

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!

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

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.

Money Doesn't Make U Happy .. But Happy Makes You Money.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

Embrace Struggle... It Is Your Greatest Teacher.

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

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.

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

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.

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!"

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Surround Yourself With People Who Are Smarter Than You.

Surround Yourself

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Afraid Of Failure

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 Can't Get My Medicine.

Not Every Move You Make Has To Be A Great Leap

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Cruelty Is Cruelty, Whether It's Cruelty To Children, To The Elderly, To Dogs And Cats, Or To Chickens.

You Have To Be Present, Awake And Happy Now.

I Don't Miss My Prayers And I Don't Miss My Yoga. Those Things Are Important To Me.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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 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...

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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.

The Less You Need, The More You Attract.

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.

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

Express Yourself

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

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

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

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

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

I've Been Blessed To Find People Who Are Smarter Than I Am, And They Help Me To Execute The Vision I Have.

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.

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

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.

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

Last Year My Wife Got A Rolls-royce.

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.

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.

You've Got To Put Your Head Down And Do The Work. There Are No Shortcuts.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

It's Always Marketeers Building Their Own Careers.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

People Changing

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

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

Compassion Is The Ultimate Expression Of Your Highest Self

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.

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

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

I Knew It Was Unrealistic To Think I Could Build An Institution Overnight. But If I Took Baby Steps, Eventually It Would Happen.

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.

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.

...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.

It's All About The Work. Nothing Is Going To Fall Into Your Lap.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Be Encouraged. Stay On Your Hustle. You Can't Fail Until U Quit.

I'm A Full Disclosure Kind Of Person.

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.

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

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

Poverty And Lack Of Knowledge Must Be Challenged.

Inspirational Running

Service Is The Key To Everything In Life.

There Are No Failures, Only Quitters.

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

Hip-hop Is A Voice For Voiceless Poor People.

The Best Way To Protect Both The Policemen And The Community Going Forward Is By Creating A System That's Just, Where Everyone Feels Safe.

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.

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

Make Others Happy

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.

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

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.

I'm A Big Supporter Of President Obama.

President Obama

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

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

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 Thing About Hip-hop Is That It's From The Underground, Ideas From The Underbelly, From People Who Have Mostly Been Locked Out, Who Have Not Been Recognized.

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

"...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."

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Good Givers Are Great Getters.

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

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

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.

The Poets Who Do This Are Uniquely Conscious Of This Silence, This Stillness.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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