Ai Weiwei Quotes
My activism is a part of me. If my art has anything to do with me, then my activism is part of my art.
Quotes to Explore
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I never eat where the hotel recommends. I do my own research and then try the most highly rated options.
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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I put my friends and family first. I'm really just a normal thirteen-year-old girl who has a different hobby than most girls my age. Acting is kind of an extracurricular activity.
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Like baseball, food will never go out of style; we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories.
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I think that I am seeing the Internet and seeing technology take and seeing how the work I do through music directly affects people's lives better than any politician I've ever met.
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I don't think it's good for people to know too much about you. With my favourite bands, I don't want to have the inside track on every single aspect of their personal lives.
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I like to be supportive and a role model.
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One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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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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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school.
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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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The ability to calibrate risk doesn't happen rationally.
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I could walk into anyone's home one time and draw a three-dimensional architectural plan of the inside of their home from memory, but I could not add up a column of numbers.
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Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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Even when I was at school, I wanted to be liked by everyone, even the bullies. I didn't like them, but I needed to know that they liked me.
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I always liked having a good time. I got into this business because I got fired from any job I ever had because I stayed out late playing music.
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As Benjamin Franklin said, 'Those things that hurt, instruct.' It is for this reason that wise people learn not to dread but actually to welcome problems and actually to welcome the pain of problems.
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And I'm not even just talking artists, every single person in this nation has the right to be themselves, live life go team go. I love you Canada, thank you so much.
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I spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape.
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My activism is a part of me. If my art has anything to do with me, then my activism is part of my art.
