Ai Weiwei Quotes

The Beijing Olympics and the Shanghai World Expo show just how much effort China is willing to spend to enter the global stage. But while China desires to understand the world, it fails to accept its universal values.

Ai Weiwei

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: May 18, 1957

Topics

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Palantir is the new wave of companies solving big problems for big industries.

Joe Lonsdale

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Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies.

Andrew Bird

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I've always viewed 'Sons of the Prophet' as the first part of a larger trilogy - not three plays dependent on each other but three stand-alone plays connected by theme and, likely, further adventures of the Douaihy family.

Stephen Karam

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When you can make a good, strong musical connection with people, that's always there. That's not often that that happens.

Roscoe Mitchell

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Right after college, a buddy of mine was moving to Boulder for some summer program, and he was like, 'Come live with me.' And I figured, why not? I love Colorado.

Matt Besser

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I have sometimes done cartoons that are hurtful to people - immature, spiteful stuff. Some are so self-indulgent, and some have just failed. I look back and sometimes cringe. But one regret as I get older is that I haven't been radical and wild enough.

Michael Leunig

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Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

Milton Friedman

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I don't ever take a break. I'm always writing.

Dito Montiel

WritingAlwaysBreakTakeEver

I love working in the theater.

Didi Conn

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As we were developing 'Umbral', and I was delving into the mythology and legends, I had a sudden realisation. 'Wasteland' is about people who fervently believe new myths and legends, but they turn out to be false; whereas 'Umbral' is about people who reject ancient myths and legends, but they turn out to be true!

Antony Johnston

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I love theater work because of the immediate effect your performance has on the audience. And I love the repetition; I love getting on the same stage for more than a month and reciting the same lines, trying to make a small or large step towards an improvement in my acting.

Alfred Molina

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My relationships with my cats has saved me from a deadly, pervasive ignorance.

William S. Burroughs

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