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“The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.”

Firsts Film House First Time Trade Magazines Banned

Author:Abhishek Bachchan

“I'm actually banned from the Himalayas, because I'm too good at yoga.”

Yoga Banned Himalayas

Author:Judah Friedlander

“If only a small fraction of what is already known about the effects of sugar were to be revealed in relation to any other material used as a food additive, that material would promptly be banned.”

Ifs Used Known Effects Materials Relation Sugar Fractions Banned Additives

Book:Sweet and dangerous: the new facts about the sugar you eat as a cause of heart disease, diabetes, and other killers

Source: Sweet and dangerous: the new facts about the sugar you eat as a cause of heart disease, diabetes, and other killers

“A convention on the comprehensive ban of nuclear weapons should be negotiated. Since biological and chemical weapons have been prohibited, there is no reason why nuclear weapons, which are more destructive, should not be comprehensively banned and thoroughly destroyed. All it takes to reach this objective is strong political will.”

“Mankind have banned the Divinity from their presence; they have relegated him to a sanctuary; the walls of the temple restrict his view; he does not exist outside of it.”

Doe Religion Views Mankind Wall Divinity Temples Sanctuary Banned

Author:Denis Diderot

“Because drumming was recognized as an ancient source and symbol of the power of female technicians of the sacred, drumming was banned. Henceforth divinity was to be exclusively masculine. The suppression of women was directly linked to the suppression of the goddess.”

Source Female Sacred Ancient Symbols Divinity Goddess Linked Masculine Suppression Banned Technicians Drumming

Book:When the Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm

Source: When the Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm

“East Germany was so total in its totalitarianism that everything was banned which wasn't compulsory.”

Humor Funny Humorous East Germany Totalitarianism Banned Compulsory East Germany

Book:Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer

Source: Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer

“I would love mainland Chinese to read my book. There is a Chinese translation which I worked on myself, published in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many copies have gone into China but it is still banned.”

Stills Book Gone China Chinese Copies Translations Banned Hong Kong Taiwan

Author:Jung Chang

“I have no musical talent at all. I was banned from music classes and told I would never be able to understand anything. I still don't think I can sing, but somehow I get away with it.”

Thinking Stills I Can Able Class Talent Musical Get Away Banned Musical Talent

Author:Andrew Eldritch

“I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.”

Book Left Banned Beijing

Author:Ma Jian