#ow

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

I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion. ↗

— Mo Yan

#courage #i #know #real #true

My mum brought me up on her own. All we really had was each other. ↗

— Russell Brand

#each #had #her #me #mum

People don't throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the truth. ↗

— Russell Brand

#because #lies #out #people #them

When I was growing up, I thought I'd be a lot happier if I was famous and successful and if I had money. ↗

— Russell Brand

#growing #growing up #had #happier #i

How lucky am I? ↗

— Olivia Williams

#how #i #lucky

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#bullets #compared #hot #lead #metal

I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#day #did #happy #hour #i

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

I do look forward to doing things in the future that I haven't done before. Do you know what I have always dreamt about? Playing a serial killer! ↗

— Jonathan Brandis

#always #before #do you know #doing #done