Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving.
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I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress.
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You can be anything. You could be the President of the United States or the inventor of the next Internet or a ninja cardio-thoracic surgeon poet, which would be awesome because you would be the first one.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone's face.
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I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.
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I want to do an American 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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When you start losing market share, it's really tough to gain it back; you need the product portfolio and presence in many markets.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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I started growing my audience in small clubs through word-of-mouth. I started making music that isn't necessarily commercially viable, and it's not necessarily marketable to my peers to a certain extent.
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I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
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The Unites States used to use law enforcement to aggressively target North Korea illicit activities - counterfeiting U.S. currency, drug-running, counterfeit cigarettes and pharmaceuticals - until diplomacy gutted those efforts. The effort should be reinvigorated.
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A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them.
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It would be nice to give us a chance to get the ball rolling and get a little confidence.
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David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style.
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Just because you did something once doesn't mean anything. You have to be willing in your heart to begin again every day. The minute I'm not willing to do that, I will retire.
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If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life.
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I guess I've always wanted to create my own stories, but writing was one of those things where I thought that I would never actually do it. I respected writers too much, and what they do, to think that I was one of them - and I still feel that way a lot of the time. I still feel uncomfortable calling myself a writer. I'm like, "No, I'm an actor who writes sometimes."
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Cover-ups and deception are the nature of this society. Without lies it won’t exist.