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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.

Ai Weiwei

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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Another Importantly Old People Shared Understand Wonder World Young
The importance of elections, transparency, legal procedures, an independent army, and the judicial system is not regarded as highly in China. These core values are the most important evidence of the health of a society, quality of life, and security.
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It [success] is really by mistake.
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Mistake Reality Success
To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.
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Express Need Reason Yourself
So, the politicians and the people who make decisions very often is the one we think can make some difference. But of course they will not make a difference if the citizens or the individuals not push it or not to speak out, to possess a very strong voice about, this is not acceptable.
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Acceptable Citizen Course Difference Often People Politician Strong
In this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.
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Deal Democratic Dictatorship Kind Society Totalitarian
I want people to see their own power.
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Own People Power Want
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.
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Chance Exercise Free More Much People Quality World Young
If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
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Discussed Human Rights Meaning Openly Supposed
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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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of.
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Always Know Look People Powerful Scared
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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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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