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I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.

Ai Weiwei

I spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in bookstores and galleries. But most of the time, I really did not have much to do.
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Cities Country Talking Local Resident Spent Time
A few thousand are to be built in the next few years, all using taxpayer money. But there is no system, no research, no content, no good programs, no good managers.
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Built Content Good Manage Research System Taxpayer Thousand
It’s just a way you have to set up some kind of activities to follow your instincts or your curiosities.
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Activity Curiosity Follow Instinct Kind Set Some Way
This so-called fame or being better off doesn’t really attract me at all.
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All Attract Better Called Fame
Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.
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Anything Country Crazy Meaningful Think Thinking Wrong
There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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Dictatorship Graceful Outdoor Sport Sports Stone Throwing
Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?
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Action Attitude Collapse Day Imagine One Word World
I think I’m just a traveler. When you walk across a river and there’s no bridge, you build one. I’m used to having to deal with Chinese Communist ideology.
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Bridge Build Chinese Express Humanity On Thinking Traveler
The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.
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Attitude Different More Much Open Realize Society Way
I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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Anything Clear Doubt Giving Man Really Reason
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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Capitalist Country Desire Grew Lacking Luxury Material Materialistic Socialist Today
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
Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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Citizen Country Creativity Decision Detrimental Effect Experiencing
If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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Abused Arrest Disturbing During High Killed People
For artists and intellectuals today, what is most needed is to be clear about social responsibility, because that is what most people automatically give up. Just to protect yourself as an individual is very political.
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Artist Giving Up Intellectual Mean Needed Responsibility Social
Politics is like air and water. And you know if there is bad politics. Everyone is polluted. Everyone is unhealthy. See the people walking on the street: how they act.
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Air Bad Everyone People Politics Polluted Unhealthy Water

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