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Quote by Ai Weiwei
This nation is notorious for its ability to make or fake anything

This nation is notorious for its ability to make or fake anything cheaply. Made-in-China goods now fill homes around the world. But our giant country has a small problem. We cant manufacture the happiness of our people. – Ai Weiwei

Other quotes by Ai Weiwei

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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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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Ai Weiwei
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Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because its not a product its an understanding of human nature. – Ai Weiwei

Category:
design
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Ai Weiwei
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We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all. – Jean de La Bruyere

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So I started chanting when I was nineteen, which was about twelve years ago, and it really had a huge impact on my outlook, happiness, and general creativity. – Duncan Sheik

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I have discovered the secret of happiness – it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy. – John Burroughs

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The music is the message, the message is the music. So thats my little ministry that the Big Man upstairs gave to me – a little ministry called love and happiness. – Al Green

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She thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway. – Rob Thomas, “3A.M.”

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There is no truth. There is only perception. – Gustave Flaubert

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Nature composes some of her loveliest poems for the microscope and the telescope. – Theodore Roszak, Where the Wasteland Ends, 1972

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To me, nothing in the art world is neutral. The idea of disinterest strikes me as boring, dishonest, dubious, and uninteresting. – Jerry Saltz

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