Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Middle school was probably my hardest time. I was trying to fit in for so long, until about junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy.
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I was very, very little - it was the first time I ever cooked on my own, with my mother's supervision - and I made scrambled eggs. I felt so accomplished, like magic!
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I would do anything and I will continue to do anything I can to stop the train wreck that is Obamacare.
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Wealth won't give you satisfaction; creating a good product that's well received by users is what matters most.
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Sure, being a reservist wasn't as glamorous, but I was the one who had to look at myself in the mirror.
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I find it difficult to attend autopsies. Especially the smells.
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I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about work for men, women, boys, girls, everybody who is good at what they do and deserve a shot at it.
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September 11 happened, and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.
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Donald Trump did not appear by magic.
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When I'm away from the field, I show a little more emotion and stuff.
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In America, Blackberry Farm in Tennessee is one of the most amazing hotels I've had the privilege of staying at.
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Far too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted to the mothers of their own children.
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As we continue advancing and leveraging GIS and as we keep bringing in new generations of technology as well as new generations of people, my sense is we're going to achieve extraordinary things.
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I like the pressure of having to perform so people will come to me.
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Every single line, every single thing has to be fought over. There's kind of like an intrinsic doubt from absolutely everyone in my crew, my producer, everyone. It's not just the film industry - it's a worldwide thing. It's the culture of the world to doubt women.
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cupido dominandi cunctis adfectibus flagrantior est
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We tried to find the mayor. His secretary said he was at home. His wife said he was at the office. In Italy or France this would mean His Honor was having an affair. In Chabarovice it probably meant he'd run off to be a busboy in Stuttgart.
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When I was one-and-twentyI heard a wise man say,'Give crowns and pounds and guineasBut not your heart away.'
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I have an amazing stylist; she's called Rebecca Corbin Murray... I go around to her living room, and it's sort of exploding with dresses, and we go through them all, and she's so good at picking things she knows I'll like, and we work together. She's taught me absolutely everything; she's brilliant.
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The endgame is peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula.
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Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.
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Aside from keeping the rain out and producing some usable space, architecture is nothing but a special-effects machine that delights and disturbs the senses.
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As a longtime follower of our state university system, we're always behind the curve. We always react to problems. We don't look to solve those problems before they occur.
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We need to get out of the old language.
