#iv

It's difficult to believe in yourself because the idea of self is an artificial construction. You are, in fact, part of the glorious oneness of the universe. Everything beautiful in the world is within you. ↗

— Russell Brand

#beautiful #because #believe #believe in yourself #construction

As a person... I'm a little more doubtful, introspective and analytical. ↗

— Russell Brand

#doubtful #i #introspective #little #more

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

But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#approached #did #find #i #inspiration

Because the series is situated in the next century, and for the most part under water, there are many innovative technical gadgets. It's a kind of StarTrek. When I first came there, I was really impressed myself. ↗

— Jonathan Brandis

#came #century #first #gadgets #i

Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite. ↗

— Marlon Brando

#entitled #i #merely #prerequisite #privacy

If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives. ↗

— Marlon Brando

#anything #lives #personal #personal lives #stomach

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts. ↗

— Richard Branson

#creative #exercise #fun #instincts #involving

Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long bath. ↗