Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
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'Die Antwoord' just has a nice ring to it.
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I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.
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Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.
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Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.
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I try to stay focused.
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You can take of a man's money, but when it's all said and done, you've only taken his money.
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When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which tell us how to live.
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I think it's a shame when the arts have to suffer because of corporate greed. People will always strive to make film, and the only important thing is that we keep trying to make ourselves heard and keep making our films, no matter what the climate is.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.
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I was made fun of a lot in middle school. When I was in seventh grade, the popular kids paid the most popular guy to ask me out.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.
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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
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Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.
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As she sat in the low-backed carThe man at the turn-pike barNever asked for the tollBut just rubbed his auld pollAnd looked after the low-backed car.
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I've spent quality time in the aerospace community, with my service on two presidential commissions, but at heart, I'm an academic. Being an academic means I don't wield power over person, place or thing. I don't command armies; I don't lead labor unions. All I have is the power of thought.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had
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The Olympics are an opportunity to redefine the country, but the message is always wrong.
