Ai Weiwei Quotes
They the government cannot stop people from communicating freely, to get information and to express themselves. When they do that, this nation is not a right place to live. They sacrifice generations of people’s opportunities. This is a crime.
Quotes to Explore
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There's a perception out there that the U.K. has become unfriendly to immigrants. Even if that isn't true, the very fact that that is the perception will make people not even want to come.
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I tell people in Chicago to take care of themselves.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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Most people are interested in seeing 27-year-old women who are in movies somehow connected to sex. It's interesting to everyone. Especially little movies that are having trouble getting made, there's always sex.
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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
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Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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'What's My Line' 1971 was a magical experience as I was still in my teens, and it was my first appearance. You know how they say you never forget 'your first'!
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It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
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I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.
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Experimenting with your own life is the most fundamental medium we have.
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Any psychologist will tell you that healing comes from honest confrontation with our injury or with our past. Whatever that thing is that has hurt us or traumatized us, until we face it head on, we will have issues moving forward in a healthy way.
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I've never played a gay character on screen, so that would be interesting. I've never played a gay character, and that would fascinate me because I'm not gay, so that would interest me.
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When you do take the home pregnancy test, it doesn't quite seem real. But when you see the baby and the heartbeat on the ultrasound, it's so incredible.
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Tea...is a religion of the art of life.
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What I realized was how difficult an hour show is and how miserable you can be if you're not happy doing it.
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While I'm trying to be different, I'm trying to be very conservative at this point in my career.
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Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse.
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It's very unusual on 'Game of Thrones' for there to be a deleted scene because the scripts are pretty locked in. There's rarely a reason to say, 'Hey, we don't need this scene.'
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They the government cannot stop people from communicating freely, to get information and to express themselves. When they do that, this nation is not a right place to live. They sacrifice generations of people’s opportunities. This is a crime.
