Ai Weiwei Quotes

I don't believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games, it failed to include the people. The event was constructed without regard for their joy.

Ai Weiwei

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ExperienceJoyPeopleBelieveSpeak

America won the Cold War by protecting our strategic resources from the threat of foreign control. We must bring the same attitude to our trade relationship with China.

Jo Ann Emerson

AttitudeRelationshipWarControl

We were second-generation immigrants, and it was luxury enough to go to college. The luxury of the arts was still a generation away.

Robert Picardo

CollegeGenerationEnoughLuxuryGo

Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.

Jean M. Auel

LifeWritingSometimesWayGets

Let's be honest: The trade embargo with Cuba hasn't secured our interests or helped the Cuban people. Because the way to promote positive change and better human rights in Cuba is through engagement, not isolation.

Amy Klobuchar

PositiveChangePeopleIsolationWay

Sammy Davis Jr. was a real movie buff who loved nothing better than being around a film studio - whether he was working or not.

Roger Moore

LovedBetterNothingRealFilmWho

I'm very big on doing my own thing.

Rob Kardashian

DoingMy OwnOwnBigVeryThing

Since I came to the World Bank in 2007, I have argued that we must 'modernize multilateralism.'

Robert Zoellick

WorldBankMustI CameSinceCame

Vanity is a sensitive subject for gay men.

Rumaan Alam

MenVanityGaySensitiveSubject

The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and it's icy, and I'm in bare feet.

Mary Higgins Clark

MountainWritingBookFeetHandsUp

The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.

Dogen

GreatWaterMountainsColorBody

Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy its glories.

Brigham Young

TruthReligionPeopleEnjoyPerfect

I always think change is important in a character. The most dynamic choices that you can make for a character are always the best ones.

Peter Sarsgaard

ChangeCharacterBestChoicesThink

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