Ai Weiwei Quotes
What does it matter if China’s economy grows when there are no basic protections for its citizens?
Quotes to Explore
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For me, my number one Hollywood role model is Jennifer Lopez.
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They that are intoxicated by self-conceit have interposed themselves between it and the Divine and infallible Physician. Witness how they have entangled all men, themselves included, in the mesh of their devices. They can neither discover the cause of the disease, nor have they any knowledge of the remedy.
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As artists, we're always going to like the songs we just now made over the songs we made a year ago.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
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I'm going to try to tell stories and let each tale skate its own way into dark or light territory as the needs of the story steer me.
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I have a paranoia that 'Ablutions' is the best thing I'll ever do.
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OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it.
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But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.
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I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
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Technology keeps progressing. Young people follow the curve. But as they get older, they get inertia, and they start deviating from that curve.
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Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
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Isolation is a big part of songwriting.
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Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he'd say to me, 'Oh, go manicure your nails.'
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My only experience with American things is through movies.
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I listen to a lot of music, and I listen to some rap, and I do like listening to Biggie Smalls.
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I wish I'd started having kids sooner so I could have had a few more.
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Each man seeks his own interest, not the general interest. Let his own selfish interests be touched, and all concord is at an end.
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Thrashing about on stage is my exercise for the day!
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I get so many questions in interviews about feminism, and I think the second you start separating femininity and masculinity and giving one more power than the other, that's like - everyone is a person.
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I fell in love with poetry through storytelling, so my poetry tends to be fairly narrative. I like characters, I like having a beginning, middle, and ending, though not necessarily in that order.
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The things Nas' Illmatic was saying were sometimes hard realities but it was done on such a high level, I felt I could point to him as a representative. Someone who put my struggle and my worldview into poetry.
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I haven't chosen to make an issue of faith.
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I don't argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus' message was simple. Jesus didn't go around condemning people.
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What does it matter if China’s economy grows when there are no basic protections for its citizens?
