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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.

Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.
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Expressing oneself is like a drug. I'm so addicted to it.
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