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Russell Simmons Entrepreneur, Music Producer
Optimistic

“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.”

Russell Simmons Entrepreneur, Music Producer
Spiritual

“Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.”

Russell Simmons Entrepreneur, Music Producer
Spiritual

“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.”

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Russell Simmons Entrepreneur, Music Producer
Confident

“People build themselves up before you even have to deal with them.”

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Russell Simmons Entrepreneur, Music Producer
Spiritual

“[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.”

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Russell Okung Professional Football Player
Determined

“Everybody wants to win. You know, nobody ever wants to feel like they lost. That was probably one of biggest lessons I learned. You don't want to be that guy sort of banging fist on table telling somebody what you want. People want to feel like they had enough value on both sides that the deal worked out on both ends. I had an incredible team in place that really supported me and I would not have been able to get the deal done had it not been for those people.”

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Russell Pearce Politician
Courageous

“No matter how many lawyers and lawsuits Obama throws at Arizona, we will have the American people and the Constitution on our side.”

Russell Pearce Politician
Courageous

“In Arizona we have passed laws to free our people so that they can defend themselves and their loved ones. You cannot predict where evil will raise its head, but you can be prepared for it.”

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Russell Pearce Politician
Courageous

“I knew Arizona's SB 1070 would be controversial when I introduced it, but I did not expect the national immigration debate to revolve around a state law. While the anti-American open-borders Left attack me and the law as 'racist,' 'nativist' and their other empty smear words, the vast majority of the people of Arizona and America support the law.”

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Russell Peters Comedian, Actor
Creative

“I'm always amazed at how much people 'get' when I'm performing overseas. I've never had to change my act on my international shows; I just make sure that I've taken some time to get to know the people in those countries before I perform. That's been really useful.”

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Ruth Marcus Journalist
Angry

“There are a bunch of people who are never going to be for Trump. Most Democrats, polls show, will never be for Trump.”

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Ruth Marcus Journalist
Confident

“You can lose your weight, but you can't lose your personality. And people's personalities don't change.”

Ruth Wilson Actress
Angry

“Leaving Europe in my mind wasn't the best thing; it's not the best way of having that political voice. But that's the only voice people in Britain could have. People turned out in their droves to vote, more than for prime minister. So it was huge and very divisive.”

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Ruth Wilson Actress
Anxious

“I feel like everyone's starting to isolate, and that proves itself in a big context like Brexit, and Donald Trump potentially, and putting walls up and stopping people coming in.”

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Ryan Adams Musician, Singer-songwriter
Vulnerable

“For any producer I've ever worked with, their toughest job is to convince me to not to obscure my vocals. A lot of people don't like the sound of their own voice on, like, cassette tape or something. It's like that for me, and other songwriters I know. Like, "Oh God, that's what I sound like?"”

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Ryan Adams Musician, Singer-songwriter
Grateful

“To make a song is a gift, and once it's done it keeps evolving and changing and becomes a tool to interact with other people. It's like a conversation.”

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Ryan Adams Musician, Singer-songwriter
Rebellious

“I think that we live in a time where it's easier to be suspicious of dedicated men and women, people dedicated to their craft, because the world around them inspires them to be lazy. It inspires them to be negative. It inspires them to be snarky.”

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Ryan Adams Musician, Singer-songwriter
Angry

“Maybe I am a jerk sometimes. Maybe I'm not. I think most people are kind of a jerk once in a while.”

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