01c. 1994 ADPeople do this a lot. They don't seem to realise that the future is just like now, but in a little while, so they say they're going to do things in anticipation of some kind of seismic shift in their worldview that never actually materialises. But everything's not going to be made of leather, the world won't stink of sherbet. Tomorrow is not some mythical kingdom where you'll grow butterfly wings and be able to talk to animals - you'll basically feel pretty much the same way you do at the moment.Russell Brand / quote ↗
02c. 1994 ADInterestingly, one mate of mine, a proper leftie, in his heyday all Red Wedge and right-on punch-ups, was melancholy. "I thought I'd be overjoyed, but really it's just … another one bites the dust …" This demonstrates, I suppose, that if you opposed Thatcher's ideas it was likely because of their lack of compassion, which is really just a word for love. If love is something you cherish, it is hard to glean much joy from death, even in one's enemies.Russell Brand / quote ↗
03c. 1994 ADCompanies' motives to make profit means they neglect inherent social or moral values.Russell Brand / quote ↗
04c. 1994 ADWe thought it was nice of you to let him have a go, because, in England, he wouldn't be trusted with a pair of scissors.Russell Brand / quote ↗
05c. 1994 ADBy puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded.Russell Brand / quote ↗
06c. 1994 ADI recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.Russell Brand / quote ↗
07c. 1994 ADWhen it comes to your career, you must always try and allow the positive aspects of your character to dictate what happens to you. Be led by your talent, not by your self-loathing; those other things you just have to manage.Russell Brand / quote ↗
08c. 1994 ADOh, and 13.1 million American people had their homes foreclosed. Because their debt, it turns out, was real; it was only the debt within the financial sector that was imaginary. It was only the people who generated the crisis who got three magical wishes from an economic genie. There was no abracadabra for ordinary people; they just got abraca-fucked.Russell Brand / quote ↗
09c. 1994 ADEvery moment is a fresh new beginning, a wonderful inauguration of the great cosmic journey through the universe. We can do whatever we want. We can change reality at any moment.Russell Brand / quote ↗
10c. 1994 ADIn the end the British will walk out because 100,000 British cannot control 350 million Indians if those Indians refuse to cooperate.” A small minority cannot control an uncooperative majority, so they must be distracted, divided, tyrannized, or anesthetized into compliance. Gandhi dealt with the colonization of nations by nations; we deal now with the colonization of consciousness by corporations.Russell Brand / quote ↗
12c. 1994 ADBoggle with sex addicts is up there with go-kart racing with junkies.Russell Brand / quote ↗
13c. 1994 ADEven as a junkie I stayed true [to vegetarianism] - 'I shall have heroin, but I shan't have a hamburger.' What a sexy little paradox.Russell Brand / quote ↗
14c. 1994 ADThe priority of any addict is to anaesthetise the pain of living to ease the passage of day with some purchased relief.Russell Brand / quote ↗
15c. 1994 ADThe need to find out what will happen if I don't relent or moderate my actions has been a constant source of difficulty and discomfort in my life.Russell Brand / quote ↗
16c. 1994 ADBe led by your talent, not by your self-loathing; those other things you just have to manage.Russell Brand / quote ↗
17c. 1994 ADThe mentality and behavior of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand that they are completely powerless over their addiction and unless they have structured help, they have no hope.Russell Brand / quote ↗
18c. 1994 ADSpurred by Amy’s death I’ve tried to salvage unwilling victims from the mayhem of the internal storm and am always, always just pulled inside myself.Russell Brand / quote ↗
19c. 1994 ADWhat was so painful about Amy’s death is that I know that there is something I could have done. I could have passed on to her the solution that was freely given to me. Don’t pick up a drink or drug, one day at a time. It sounds so simple; it actually is simple but it isn’t easy; it requires incredible support and fastidious structuring.Russell Brand / quote ↗
20c. 1994 ADBeing famous is like a little bit of you is taken away and goes off and lives on its own and does what it wants... I wish it would do more interesting things!Russell Brand / quote ↗
21c. 1994 ADMy modus operandi is that I'll be content with anything, as long as I know that it's the best that's possible.Russell Brand / quote ↗
22c. 1994 ADInvisible violence in Pakistan, violence against brown people, ongoing violence in Iraq — that's got to be quantified in the same way as the cinematic glamorous violence that happens in recognisable cities.Russell Brand / quote ↗
24c. 1994 ADWhen 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 / quote ↗
