Ai Weiwei Quotes
My work has always been political, because the choice of being an artist is political in China.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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Though it has plenty of competitors, Slack claims to be the 'fastest growing business application in history'.
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I like different statement jewelry, especially around the ears.
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I need to meet people to be able to write.
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Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.
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I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
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Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.
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You don't actually have control of the position people want you to be in. If they say, 'You king of the blacks,' you're king of the blacks - whether you like it or not.
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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I always do a lot of work around characters to make them real people because, oftentimes, they really are a sliver of a person. Even with truly wonderful writers, women characters are there to emote, and they're often incredibly chaste or worthy. Or they're a 'different type of woman', which is the worst.
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Frank liked administrative work and was good at it.
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I am very clear about keeping my professional and personal lives separate. I don't want to talk about certain things, and that's the way I am.
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I remember, when I went away to college at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, my aunt sent me a book with the rules of being a Southern Belle. One of the rules was to never wear white after Labor Day. Fashion has a lot to do with confidence and making up your own rules.
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Because he KNEW he was doing wrong. He felt the PAIN of his actions'-- 'But he did not amen them,' shows the Sky. 'The rest are worth as much as their pack animals,' I show, 'but worst is the one who knows better and does NOTHING.
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My work has always been political, because the choice of being an artist is political in China.
