Ai Weiwei Quotes
The government may be made up of clever, sensible people. But if they do not believe in basic human values, the more clever or shrewd they are the greater the tragedy they will create.
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I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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Since I was 17, I had been just making records and promoting them.
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I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans.
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Beyond 2050 the world population may start to decrease if women across the world will have, on average, less than 2 children. But that decrease will be slow.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.
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One of the things that would be great is to some day have so many women comedy writers that we wouldn't say there's just one type of female humor. There's lots.
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From the moment I walked into the White House, it was as if I had no privacy at all.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.
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Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
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Life is God's art.
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I think from an actor's point of view, you always want something to play that's dramatic or something that feels like it could be very bold in choice. And of course, the boldest possible choice you could play at the end of a character's life is death.
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I love to fly so much.
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I very much looked up to Janet Evans and Summer Sanders.
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'Castle' isn't really affected emotionally by murder. He's thrilled about, 'Oh, my God, I wonder how this happened?'
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It's hard to be serious in life.
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Pipilotti Rist is a Swiss video artist I learned about pretty early on. She's one of the first contemporary artists I knew about and was really drawn to.
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My problem with the wedding industry started when I studied in college and liked to have the television on in the background, and 'A Wedding Story' on TLC always came on, and I'd get irritated that the story of two people making a lifelong commitment to each other could be encapsulated in a half-hour show about the party they throw.
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time.
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I don't think I would run for president.
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The government may be made up of clever, sensible people. But if they do not believe in basic human values, the more clever or shrewd they are the greater the tragedy they will create.
