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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I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
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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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To be optimistic about something that is absolutely unknown to you is unfounded.
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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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In chess, knowledge is a very transient thing. It changes so fast that even a single mouse-slip sometimes changes the evaluation.
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Part of my mandate is to curb corruption and streamline a cumbersome, graft-ridden bureaucracy, to put resources where they will provide the clearest results, and to untangle a complicated regulatory environment.
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Speech is silver, silence is golden.
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For my body, I like high-waisted jeans because they make your leg look longer and hides this extra thing on my stomach. You can eat extra food with it because it hides, and I like to tuck in my t-shirts.
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I didn't go to drama school or anything, and I learned on the job. And it's nice to have the chance to pretend to be other people. As a singer, though, I feel there's much more of me in that. I've written the songs, I'm singing them, I'm exposing my feelings.
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We need to get out of the old language.
