Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Beauty pageants work as a platform from where you can reach out to many.
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I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.
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There's an unintended consequence when it comes to drone attacks in Yemen. Yeah, you take out the al-Qaida stronghold, but you also wipe out the other half of the block. That makes Yemenis against the United States for the rest of their lives and all their descendants.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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I think it'd be great if the evening news broadcast, for instance, were unsponsored and unrated.
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China and Russia are regarded as the most formidable cyber threats.
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No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' generation had one job and then they retired. Now, people have many different jobs.
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When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.
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It's fun to take two topics and mix them into one cartoon.
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You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.
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Sex and drugs and rock and roll.
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I'm interested in what bonds people together. You know, what brings us together in good ways? And there's not a lot known about that.
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My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.
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It is important to appreciate beauty, even when it is evil.
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He suspected the troops felt closer to somebody who spoke a different language but asked them questions than they did to somebody who shared their language and only ever used it to give orders.
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I'd put my money where my mouth is, but my mouth keeps moving.
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Me a playboy?! You must be joking. But playing something like Robert Redford's role in Indecent Proposal would be a pleasant surprise.
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Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.
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Millennials tend to appreciate regular feedback because they want to feel that their work matters and that they are making a difference in the workplace. As the youngest generation at most organizations, they also tend to be hungry for growth and development opportunities.
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Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
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After decimating several vegetables, I decide juicing is my favorite form of food preparation. There's something perversely appealing about subjecting an innocent plant to that much violence.
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The disaster-makers always get away, while the innocent are always punished.
