Ai Weiwei Quotes

The Chinese government only superficially speaks the language of the international community.

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• Bodhisattva is enlightened in the Buddhist philosophy, religion, tradition. He's enlightened. It's fine - I don't really fight it - but many people use the term 'zen' and terms like 'nirvana,' 'enlightenment' in an almost superficial way. It's not that complicated.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • People
  • Religion
  • Fight

• There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.

  

  Natalie Jeremijenko
  • World
  • Understand
  • Nothing

• As a kid, I liked to write, but I didn't think that was a viable career choice. My dream, actually, was to be a white girl rapper and join Salt-N-Pepa - which obviously was a much more viable career choice.

  

  Karen Abbott
  • Career
  • Dream
  • Girl

• Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

  

  Ovid
  • Courage
  • Body
  • Strength

• If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed.

  

  Barry Pepper
  • You
  • Will
  • Intellectual

• I don't want my writing to be work to read. My main goal is completely shameless entertainment. I want people to smile and giggle and enjoy the book. I'm not trying to save the world through literature.

  

  Gail Carriger
  • People
  • World
  • Work

• Gluttony is not a secret vice.

  

  Orson Welles
  • Secret
  • Vice
  • Gluttony

• Just now, Christianity is in the ascendant. Buddhism and Taoism are decadent; their influence cannot long hold its own. Buddhism has long since passed its meridian; Taoism has only demons, not gods.

  

  Zhang Zhidong
  • Long
  • Influence
  • Demons

• I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.

  

  L. Frank Baum
  • Feeling
  • Anymore
  • Kansas

• In the end, crime doesn't pay.

  

  Lane Garrison
  • End
  • Crime
  • In The End

• By the law of averages, there has to be life elsewhere. The universe is so huge, and I don't think God would have created this whole big huge cosmos and just say there's only going to be life on Earth, and that's it.

  

  Gary Wright
  • Life
  • God
  • Earth

• If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

  

  Carl Sagan
  • Nature
  • Wish
  • Universe

• For me, Islam is a moral reference point, a source of inspiration to work collectively with people, to love people and to help them, to concentrate on universal values of mercy, co-operation and tolerance.

  

  Wadah Khanfar
  • Work
  • Moral
  • Inspiration

• The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Man
  • Lawyer
  • Rule

• Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.

  

  Natalie Wood
  • Good
  • Movie
  • Think

• When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Land
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• The idea of confidence, of the emotions of the population, is an incredibly important one in economics. John Maynard Keynes called it 'animal spirit.' And if people are feeling generally good about the future, they're more likely to spend money, to start new companies; companies are more likely to hire people, make investments.

  

  Adam Davidson
  • People
  • Good
  • Important

• I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change; and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Believe
  • Men
  • History

• I think they (U.S. Congress) hurt our relationships with people that we are trying to get communication and coordination from.

  

  Bernard Kerik
  • People
  • Trying
  • Relationship

• I'd rather be in a tent than in a house.

  

  Mary Leakey
  • House

• Stripped of its plot, the 'Iliad' is a scattering of names and biographies of ordinary soldiers: men who trip over their shields, lose their courage or miss their wives. In addition to these, there is a cast of anonymous people: the farmers, walkers, mothers, neighbours who inhabit its similes.

  

  Alice Oswald
  • People
  • Men
  • Courage

• A true architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist. They take a diverse number of stakeholders, extract needs, concerns, and dreams, then create a beautiful yet tangible solution that is loved by the users and the community at large. We create vessels in which life happens.

  

  Cameron Sinclair
  • Life
  • True
  • Beautiful

• The Chinese government only superficially speaks the language of the international community.

  

  Ai Weiwei
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