Ai Weiwei Quotes
What does it matter if China’s economy grows when there are no basic protections for its citizens?
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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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I'm from working-class, blue-collar America, and I don't believe that people in that socioeconomic strata wait until they're 40 to have children.
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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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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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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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I, more than anything, obviously the presidency is the people, and it's been interesting the emotions in the last few months. What you realize is that you may never have the team that is together in the same way, under the same pressures, and the attachments that you make to folks from your chief of staff down to.
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I don't think there's a morally perfect way to do anything in life, but I'm not a filmmaker who tries to hide my mess.
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The math of durability in McCain's life is extraordinary.
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'At least we can put a little sense into life.''I don’t know whether we do or whether we find what was always there,' he replied. 'Nor do I care greatly. To me, the important thing is that the purpose-order, beauty, spirit, whatever you want to call it-does exist.'
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What does it matter if China’s economy grows when there are no basic protections for its citizens?
