Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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I love to cook. I could never give that up.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
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If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
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If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability.
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The public needs to know - they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
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In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?
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When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling!
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Before 2000, we were unable to design a single car; all the cars were designed in Japan, Europe or somewhere else. We were just converting.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.
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Title IX came along and changed a lot of things for the better, but nevertheless, it meant that money became more important.
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When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.'
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I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the president was important.
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It is a struggle. But I don't mind. I will just keep fighting on.
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I had a house in Haiti, in the hills above the North Atlantic coast. The house appeared as if out of a dream: my dream to have a foothold in the country. Like many concepts do in Haiti, the phrase 'pied a terre' became literal, material.
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Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.
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The want of occupation is no less the plague of society than of solitude.
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My ideal beach house has bookshelves full of paperbacks that can tolerate a little sand, a DVD library that includes some Disney classics for the little ones, board games, and jigsaw puzzles. At least one big flatscreen television is a must.
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I like to think I would not have approved those methods in the past, but I do not fault those who made the decisions at that time, and I will absolutely defend those who carried out the interrogations within the orders they were given.
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In an hour, you'll be in hell or glory.
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Even when I was hurt with triple ACL reconstructive surgeries, there was a target on my back. I had to come back and fight through it.
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The Internet is the best thing that could have happened to China.
