Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.
AI WEIWEILiberty is about the right to question everything.
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Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.
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We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
AI WEIWEIWe never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
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If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain
AI WEIWEIIf there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
AI WEIWEIA small act is worth a million thoughts.
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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
AI WEIWEIThis world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
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In China, we don’t have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn’t even have a gallery.
AI WEIWEIIn China, we don’t have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn’t even have a gallery.
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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
AI WEIWEIThe so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
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Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
AI WEIWEIHad I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
AI WEIWEIEven if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
AI WEIWEILiberty is about our rights to question everything.
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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn’t move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
AI WEIWEII was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn’t move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was a national enemy of the Communist Party. He was forbidden to write for 20 years.
AI WEIWEII never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was a national enemy of the Communist Party. He was forbidden to write for 20 years.
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I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.
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I don’t think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism.
AI WEIWEII don’t think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism.
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I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
AI WEIWEII don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn’t promote it.
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