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Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.

Ai Weiwei

I think by not letting young people be fully informed, how can they have energy and passion and the right picture of the world? I think that’s the true crime.
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Informed Letting Passion People Picture Right Thinking
Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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Age Economy Globalization Internet Jump Today
I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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Anything Clear Doubt Giving Man Really Reason
A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.
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Clear Country Difference Happening Nation Rest Understand Understanding World
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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Accountability Citizen Forever Happy Life Obsessed People Questioning
The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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Art Fight Fighting Purpose
As long as I can communicate, I’m not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn’t matter at all.
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Communicate Dialogue Engage Living Lonely Long Society
Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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Effort Interesting Life Little Make More Much
In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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Decision Immediate Life Major Often Quick Response
Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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Acceptance Civilization Creativity Evolved Global Thinking Tolerance Understanding
Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else’s hand, or many people’s hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.
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Content Hand Irrelevant Left Painting Production Scale Someone
That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
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Competition Country Face Measure Open Resort
Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
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Artist Longer Mindset Produce Seeing Something Such Thing Way
It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we’ll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.
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Crises Easy Emergencies Government Job Time Waiting
I don’t belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.
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Controlled People Select System Working
Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.
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Equal Equip Express Independent Information Knowledge Mind Opportunity

Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.

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