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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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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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When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues. – Ai Weiwei

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Education
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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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In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. – Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935

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Courage

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. – Winston Churchill

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Courage

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times youre just afraid to put yourself out there, and its uncomfortable because its working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things. – Carol Leifer

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Courage

Just two weeks ago, millions of Iraqis defied the threats of terrorists and went to the polls to determine their own future. I congratulate the Iraqi people for the courage theyve shown in making these elections so successful. – Bill Frist

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Courage

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We have them just where they want us. – James T. Kirk

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Perspective

I came into politics because I wished to change things. You cant do that by lying to people you have to educate, and persuade, and carry them with you – and its often a long haul. – Kenneth Robert Livingstone

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Politics

Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away. – Carl Sandburg, Poetry Considered

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Poetry

I never think about poetry except when Im writing it. I mean my poetry. – Norman MacCaig

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Poetry