Ai Weiwei Quotes
China is a society which forbids any flow of the information and freedom of speech. This is on record, so everybody should know this.
Quotes to Explore
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
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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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Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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The world that you and I live in is increasingly challenged. Population growth, pollution, over-consumption, unsustainable patterns, social conflict, climate change, loss of nature... these are not good stories.
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My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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Well I like everything but my first love has always been piano because when I started out there was a piano in my house and it was there so I just started tinkling on it really so it's always been my first love.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
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You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.
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The verdict of the world is conclusive.
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The country of Britain is wonderful because of its royalty.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'.
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Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
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If I were an innocent individual, flown to a foreign country and held for several years and tortured, I'd become a terrorist, too. I'd go to war against the U.S.
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If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.
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Colonization was the idea that once slavery ended African-Americans should be encouraged - or required, in some people's view - required to leave the country. It's part of an attitude toward the abolition of slavery which says America should not be a slave society, but it can never be a multiracial society. You can never have free black and white people living together.
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China is a society which forbids any flow of the information and freedom of speech. This is on record, so everybody should know this.
