The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
There was beauty in the idea of freedom, but it was an illusion. Every human heart was chained by love.
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Cassandra Clare
Freely we serve Because we freely love, as in our will To love or not; in this we stand or fall.
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John Milton
He offered her the world. She said she had her own.
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Monique Duval
You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.
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Shannon Hale
From the first day I met her, she was the only woman to me. Every day of that voyage I loved her more, and many a time since have I kneeled down in the darkness of the night watch and kissed the deck of that...
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Arthur Conan Doyle
More Quotes By Ai Weiwei
We are living in a very complex society. It puts me in a complex frame of thinking.
Because of the economic crisis, China and the United States are bound together. This is a totally new phenomenon, and nobody will fight for ideology anymore. It's all about business.
China and the U.S. are two societies with very different attitudes towards opinion and criticism. In China, I am constantly under surveillance. Even my slightest, most innocuous move can - and often is - censored by Chinese authorities.
Everyone wants an i Phone, but it would be impossible to design an i Phone in China because it's not a product; it's an understanding of human nature.
The 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of 'fair competition.' It tells people that freedom is possible but needs fairness, courage and strength.
