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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

This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years. People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in Chinas relationship with the outside world. – Ai Weiwei

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relationship
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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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Ai Weiwei
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The Chinese art world does not exist. In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It is impossible for a totalitarian society to create anything with passion and imagination. – Ai Weiwei

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Imagination
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Ai Weiwei
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Happiness
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The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances. – Martha Washington

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Growth itself contains the germ of happiness. – Pearl S. Buck

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Vegas means comedy, tragedy, happiness and sadness all at the same time. – Artie Lange

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Happiness is the feeling you’re feeling when you want to keep feeling it. – Author Unknown

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A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. РAntoine de Saint-Exup̩ry, Flight to Arras, 1942, translated from French

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I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. Action sport would be the least offensive categorization. – Tony Hawk

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When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge. – Arthur Conan Doyle

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I have learned that acting is not about beauty. – Vincent Cassel

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