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The Birds Nest National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is de

The Birds 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. – Ai Weiwei

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If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what Im saying is common sense. Its very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values. – Ai Weiwei

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Society
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To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. Its a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works. – Ai Weiwei

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architecture
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I think Chinese leadership is trying to tell the world they have another set of logic or reasoning or values which are different from yours. Of course, I dont think they believe that. Its just an argument thats made when you cant confront the truth and facts. They really want to maintain power. – Ai Weiwei

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Leadership
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I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy – Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides. – Joe Scarborough

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. – Mark Twain

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Weve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters. – Gloria Steinem

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Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. – Billy Graham

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Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? – Henry David Thoreau

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The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost. – Arthur Miller

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There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing. – John Cage

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I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It also provided a context in which I came to respect what the actor did, because I saw how difficult it actually was to do. – Ron Silver

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