"These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas.... In truth, they are heroes of our time."

-- Ai Weiwei

#Hero Quotes #Ideas Quotes #People Quotes

“We know well only what we are deprived of.”
“Better ways to diagnose, treat and prevent E. coli 0157:H7 infections are badly needed.”
“There are lots of young vital playwrights who are experimenting, and these are the plays that people who are interested in the theatre should see. They should go off Broadway. They should go to the cafe theatres and see the experiments that are being made.”
“That's the one thing a politician mustn't have - political opinions or principles. He can have prejudices - indeed he must have prejudices and share all the popular political superstitions of the moment as ardently as he can. But he must not have principles. He must never let the people suspect that they cannot eat their cake and have it. He must promise them a defense program and a higher standard of living. He must never use that dreadful little word or.”
“Let me say it diplomatically: Most religions are tribal to some degree.”
“Nobody has a bigger cult than Warren Buffett,”
“The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.”
“In the end, I think the relationships that survive in this world are the ones where two people can finish each other's sentences. Forget drama and torrid sex and the clash of opposites. Give me banter any day of the week.”

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