Ai Weiwei Quotes

In talking about memory and our history, I think our humanity, especially in China, is cut. Cut, broken, separated. If we have a character from our history and memory, the character is broken, it’s shattered.

Ai Weiwei

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  Ma Jian
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• I think shoppers are looking for newness and creativity. Look at C. Wonder, for instance. They're dancing in our stores. We don't believe in retail like retail was done in the past. We believe in disrupting the whole environment, offering them amazing value in an amazing package of fun, excitement and whimsy.

  

  J. Christopher Burch
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• I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice.

  

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• I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.

  

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• Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

  

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• People don't care about questionnaires.

  

  Larry Hogan
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• It's great to design a beautiful, modern, sleek home like you'd see in a magazine. But if it doesn't suit your lifestyle, it's really wasted.

  

  Candice Olson
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• America faces a new race that has awakened.

  

  E. Franklin Frazier
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• Once humans traded their hunter-gatherer existences for more settled communities, we began a quest to make our lives better and more comfortable, but we've also been sucking precious finite resources from our environment ever since.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Environment
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• If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.

  

  Xun Kuang
  • Strong
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• If there's anything that I've always said about myself is that to me, it's much more important for me to get to work with filmmakers that I've grown up loving and admiring.

  

  Zoe Saldana
  • Up
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• It's nice to get to know people who are the same age as you that do the same things because it's like a different level of understanding.

  

  Becky G
  • People
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• Definitely, I think I fulfill a very funny Indian stereotype because I love technology. It's something I've always been interested in.

  

  Manish Dayal
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• I didn't know 'Homeland' was going to be 'Homeland.' I just did it because it was a terrific script, and they pitched me the story line, and I was like, 'Huh, that's interesting.'

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Interesting
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• China may censor YouTube. China may censor Twitter. They won't be able to censor Bitcoin. There's no central authority. There's no one you can go to and say, 'We're going to turn Bitcoin off.'

  

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• I don't think there's a defined contemporary American musical, do you?

  

  Harold Prince
  • American
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• We're so marinated in the culture of speed that we almost fail to notice the toll it takes on every aspect of our lives - on our health, our diet, our work, our relationships, the environment and our community.

  

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• I know the government needs to ensure economic growth... we just hope it takes care of the environment, too.

  

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• I usually choose movies that I would want to see. I appreciate drama and if the right script came across my desk, drama you will see.

  

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• While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory.

  

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• The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.

  

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• I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.

  

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• Every mile was redolent of associations, which she would not have missed for the world, but each of which made her cry upon 'the days that are no more' with ineffable longing.

  

  Elizabeth Gaskell
  • Cry
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• In talking about memory and our history, I think our humanity, especially in China, is cut. Cut, broken, separated. If we have a character from our history and memory, the character is broken, it’s shattered.

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • Character
  • History
  • Humanity