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I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles. ↗

— Russell Brand

#hindu #i #i do #meditation #principles

I don't know if this is the kind of retrospective analysis that people are fond of applying to their work or actions, but it feels like I knew I was going to be famous and I knew that an element of that would be traumatic, so that if I could make myself something big and otherworldly, it would be a kind of defence. ↗

— Russell Brand

#analysis #applying #big #could #defence

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

#alone #assembly #bondage #burnt #cannot

Any feeling that I was enriching my mind from those surrounding me was unfortunately rare with me. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#enriching #feeling #i #me #mind

I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one's feeling of honour. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#did #dislike #feeling #honour #i

I was always hearing that I was pale and thin and small. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#hearing #i #pale #small #thin

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing. ↗

— Brenda Ueland

#another #anything #cent #certain #even

My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#acquaintances #after #back #circle #experiences

We're failing our children with education, we're failing our environment. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

#education #environment #failing #our

I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world. ↗

— Mo Yan

#authors #china #great #i #i think