Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I'd love to work with David Lynch. I'm such a big fan. He's a genius.
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The last album, 'Falling Faster Than You Can Run.' I was really proud of, but then I didn't actually know whether it was going to come out on any label at all. So I didn't know if anyone was going to hear it. Then of course we ended up doing another EP after that called 'Closer.'
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We're traditional and don't do cutting-edge styles, but after 17 years we're holding our own.
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I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me.
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In some sense, what you might have suspected from the first day of high-school chemistry is true: The periodic table is a colossal waste of time. Nine out of every 10 atoms in the universe are hydrogen, the first element and the major constituent of stars. The other 10 percent of all atoms are helium.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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It's almost like he's started to sound even more exotic the more people started doing him. I don't know why, but there's just something about Al Gore that makes me laugh.
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
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I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing.
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Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad.
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French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
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Companies often visit my office, or invite me to theirs, to brief me on new products, Web sites, or software before they are released - usually a few weeks or days ahead of time. I don't review most of these products.
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The only model to follow is pure Islam.
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He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
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I do think grand gestures are a hit and miss, especially for girls.
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Basically, me and Ed Sheeran are kind of Twitter friends – well, I say that. He probably just thinks I'm weird.
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My mom is, for 89 years old, is extraordinarily open-minded.
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I'd rather do a great play than a mediocre play in New York. As much as I'd like to be seen in New York, that's not my driving motivation. My motivation is to play great roles, wherever they happen.
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'Even from my sick bed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel something is going wrong, I will get up.'
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You have to sacrifice sometimes. There are so many things in life you might want to do, but you have to know when to let go.
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If I wear it, you better like it.
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I cannot ever accept the kind of conditions where you can sacrifice someone’s rights.
