Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
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The ADA is essential in helping me overcome the obstacles I face as a Wounded Warrior and empowers me to assist other veterans. It allows me to be physically active, have my pilot's license, and serve in Congress.
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My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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The thing that can get kind of annoying is, when you travel so much, how hectic it gets. I was being interviewed once - it was a phone interview - and they said, 'Where are you right now?' and I didn't know where I was.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
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People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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And of course I've got kids of my own now, and they love me being in the Harry Potter films. I'm now part of a phenomenon. You become incredibly cool to your kids, and you get a young fan base. So you became the cool dad at school. You're suddenly hip.
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You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.
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'Sairat' is a film I absolutely loved. I have great regard for the movie and its film-maker. The movie blew my mind.
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I went to Catholic school in and out. I'm what you call a recovering Catholic. I have many major issues with the church.
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Attitudes are the real figures of speech.
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But a tax on luxuries would no other effect than to raise their price. It would fall wholly on the consumer, and could neither increase wages nor lower profits.
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I feel that people who think it's okay to barely eat are wrong. There has to be a good balance of diet, food, and workout for your body to stay in good shape, always!
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I often think what I’m saying is for the people who never had a chance to be heard.
