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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?

Ai Weiwei

The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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Existence Freedom Plight Powerful Reality Reflected Spiritual Tasted
For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
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Actor Film Hero Kingdom Lying Old Real
Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
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Anger Art Equality Express Joy Life Much Separate
Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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Democracy Education Material Soil Universal Wealth
A lot of the time [in the U.S.], I was thinking about how spending time is always questionable or is always the biggest obstacle in my life.
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Always Obstacles Question Spending Thinking Time
I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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Journalist Lot Spend Talking Time
We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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Grasp Memories Move Moving Something
So for too long Americans take liberty as granted. We think we are in the safe hand, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today.
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Country Democracy Granted Liberty Think Today True Worse
In the end, I think, the state’s rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
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End Function Indecisiveness Insecurity Rigidly Thinking
China didn’t want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul – which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless,
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Attempt Country Cutting Regret Sina Suicidal Technology
Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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Art Life never Separate
Even today the borders they’re seeing the physical borders are very different from the political borders. Because all those powers are so connected, and you cannot even see whose interest in what move.
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Border Idea Interest Move Own Physical Problem Solving Voter
Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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Chinese Clearly Country Government Potential Problem Trying
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
To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.
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Artist Call Certain Chinese Condition Country Kind Reflect Yourself
I think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.’s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.
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Attention Bit History Little President Really Thinking Understand

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