"It became like a symbolic thing, to be â€œan artist.â€ After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product."

-- Ai Weiwei

#Attitude Quotes #Artist Quotes #Lifestyle Quotes

“The bottom line in 2007 is that enrollment costs are going up substantially, drug coverage is declining and the brand name coverage in the doughnut hole is being eliminated... Medicare D is an insurance program, not a benefit. As consumption increases, so too will cost. The changes in 2007 clearly demonstrate the limitations of the program.”
“You start to live when a moment feels like a lifetime”
“We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was â€œlegalâ€ and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was â€œillegal.â€ It was â€œillegalâ€ to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitlerâ€™s Germany. Even so, I am sure that, had I lived in Germany at the time, I would have aided and comforted my Jewish brothers. If todayI lived in a Communist country where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I would openly advocate disobeying that country's antireligious laws.”
“If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by who we are we can all be freer. And this is what HeforShe is about. Itâ€™s about freedom.”
“The mystical journey drives us into ourselves, to a sacred flame at our center.”
“Remember this, for it is as true as true gets: Your body is not a lemon. You are not a machine. The Creator is not a careless mechanic. Human female bodies have the same potential to give birth as well as aardvarks, lions, rhinoceri, elephants, moose, and water buffalo. Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.”
“Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.”
“Cambodia wanted no part of SEATO. We would look after ourselves as neutrals and Buddhists.”

Source : Prince Norodom Sihanouk (2005). “Shadow Over Angkor: Memoirs of His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia : from Original Transcript of "The Cup to the Dregs"”

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