Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
AI WEIWEIStupidity 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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It is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.
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We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It’s very materialistic. It’s full of desire and luxury goods.
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The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
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He will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn’t trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
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I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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To experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling.
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.
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[Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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