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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.

Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
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Wei-wei Ai
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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who's like a child.
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I'm totally independent. I don't bear any responsibility to any system.
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