Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?
AI WEIWEIIn this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.
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Even today the borders they’re seeing the physical borders are very different from the political borders. Because all those powers are so connected, and you cannot even see whose interest in what move.
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Hopefully, other successes aren’t like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense.
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The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it’s a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: “You and I are divided.
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I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.
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I think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.’s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.
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I call on people to be ‘obsessed citizens,’ forever questioning and asking for accountability. That’s the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.
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I never think any place is better than others.
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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
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The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.
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In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.
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