Simon S. Tam Quotes

#1. Success in the music industry isn't something that you wait for or hope for. It is something that you create, day after day.

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#2. The words we choose can build communities, reunite loved ones, and inspire others. They can be a catalyst for change. However, our words also have the power to destroy and divide: they can start a war, reduce a lifelong relationship to a collection of memories, or end a life.

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#3. The daily mindfulness, consistency, and discipline is ultimately more important than the amount of time. In other words, it's more about quality than quantity. If you use 15 minutes effectively, you'll accomplish more than you would be able to with two hours of unfocused, random actions.

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#4. Why does a government agency that has no connection with my community have the right to dictate what is appropriate for it?

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#5. People who are driven by love will overcome hardships and hurdles in ways that people who are only driven by profit never can.

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#6. Let's make progress justice a process, not an afterthought

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#7. Your uniqueness is your greatest strength, not how well you emulate others.

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#8. People who are driven by their values will overcome hurdles, difficulties, and obstacles in ways that people driven only by profit will never be able to

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#9. The true cost of following your dreams isn't what you sacrifice when you chase them, it's what you lose when you don't

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#10. People buy into this false notion of reverse racism, where they believe that just because there's a group of people getting together to share something about their heritage that we're excluding white people. But that's not the reality.

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#11. Racism doesn't have to fit our stereotypes for what it is in order for it to hurt - but it also means that tools for dismantling the system don't have it fit our stereotype either.

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#12. I believe that reappropriation can be a powerful tool for creating social change. Sometimes, things like irony, satire, or humor are more effective in getting at difficult truths or concepts like white privilege, orientalism, and the exoticization of culture.

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