Ai Weiwei Quotes
Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man.
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Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.
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As most actors/actresses, I don't like to watch my own movies, either, and I never look at the dailys while filming.
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My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.
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If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the people, and playing music to entertain them and share different messages, then sure, I'd like to think that I'm part folk singer.
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I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.
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My spiritual evolution I would describe as journey from literalism to figuratism. I now see all religious texts as pointing to an ineffable truth.
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I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.
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My father is very dry and very quick-witted, and my mother is very silly. It was the perfect combination because I got an education in physical and verbal comedy.
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Ah... romance to me is spontaneity. It's not diamond earrings; it's a bunch of daffodils that's freshly picked from the field.
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I think with every part you do, you become a better actor. I've learned from my experiences on that.
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Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
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When it comes to music, we live in a very different world than everyone did in the 1960s and 1970s.
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I remember having a feeling like, 'I can't believe this is happening!' Two years ago I was auditioning for The Disney Channel, and now Paul Rudd is saying, 'Hey man, congratulations on your Emmy nomination!'
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A lot of what I write is very personal.
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The world's central banks and the International Monetary Fund still have vaults full of bullion, even though currencies are no longer backed by gold. Governments hold on to it as a kind of magic symbol, a way of reassuring people that their money is real.
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Did not Jupiter transforme himselfe into the shape of Amphitrio to embrace Alcmæna; into the form of a swan to enjoy Leda; into a Bull to beguile Io; into a showre of gold to win Danae?
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I don't like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don't play guitar for a week and I pick it up again, I play better.
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Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man.
