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.
Russell SimmonsI don't want to appease everyone. It seems very difficult to be steadfast on truth and be a politician.
Russell SimmonsThey're lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.
Russell SimmonsThe 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.
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