Ai Weiwei Quotes
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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
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When the Taiwan Relations Act passed in 1979, our biggest concern was preventing the use of military force against Taiwan. Little did we know that our friends on Taiwan could so effectively use the space created by our friendship to revolutionize their political system.
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I was in a commercial for the Disney channel. I was the camp leader for the campers.
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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I'm Cuban, so I like a bit of curve. I just want my booty to have a little lift!
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Leave Jesus on the cross. He's very happy there!
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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From a spectator point of view, Test cricket is not important; people hardly watch Test cricket. But as a player, Tests are the real thing. You have to concentrate for five days. It's a lot of time, and not easy to do it day in and day out. If people have played 70-100 Tests, it's a lot of cricket, a lot of concentration and dedication.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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I don't know that I would want to be married again, but I do love companionship.
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I've been lucky enough to play roles that are not just the preppy cheerleader or sullen emo girl. I've been able to play roles that are really vast and varied and very three-dimensional. Fingers crossed that it remains the same.
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It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band.
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To be smart on crime, we should not be in a position of constantly reacting to crime after it happens. We should be looking at preventing crime before it happens.
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If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara.
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When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I never wanted to get paid by the hour. If I was going to do more work than another guy, I wanted to get paid more.
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Unfortunately, I think there's not enough education about hydration. When I was young, we knew nothing about it. We all know that there's cases of athletes having serious issues because of dehydration and even dying.
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When it comes to fashion or any high art, you have to have a combination of delicacy, along with taste.
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A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say that all taxation is theft, and it isn't the job of a libertarian presidential candidate to cook up new ways to commit theft.
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The monster London laugh at me.
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Art is not an end but a beginning.
