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Ai Weiwei

The deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness – doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement.
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Deadly Everything Evil Internet Letting Openness People Thinking Weapon
Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don’t design it, somebody else has to design it.
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Design Make Meaningful People Use
Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
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Clear Giving Man Often Rational Reaction Reason Tendency Trying
I never regret anything.
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Anything never Regret
China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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Country Development Different Improvement Indifferent More Much Right
The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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Intension Intention Political Politics Separate
My angst and my insecurity reflect the state’s angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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Angst Insecurity Reflect Scared State
I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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Find Happiness Own Place
I don’t think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn’t be nervous about that.
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Artist Bad Good Nervous Thinking Reflect
Destroy or build. Crazy or noncrazy. I’m not nostalgic about the old city. I don’t enjoy it that much.
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Cities Crazy Destroy Enjoy Much Nostalgic
I came back [to Beijing ] because that’s the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.
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Back Beijing Excuse Otherwise Reason Time
Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
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Engage Expression Living Society Strive 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
We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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Culture Everything Overexposed Popular Living
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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Disappointment Enemy Experienced Family Growing Joy More Much Sate Up
There are many cases and layers of racist behavior in the US – from police treatment to the issues of education and job opportunities. In America, however, such cases are being discussed publically.
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Country Education Issue Job Opportunity Racist Treatment

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