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Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.

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I never think any place is better than others.

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The society was so different [in China] - it was a feudalistic society. It didn't come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.

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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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Everyone of us is a potential convict.

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The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

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No outdoor sports can be more elegant than throwing stones at autocracy; no melees can be more exciting than those in cyberspace.

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The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn't promote it. There isn't a single Chinese university that can invite me to give a talk. Even though I know there are many students who would like to hear what I have to say.

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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.

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In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.

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Somehow, we [ Tan Dun and director Chen Kaige] were all privileged at the time; we could be outside of China. But at the moment, we had no sense of what the future was going to be like.

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No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.

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Expressing oneself is like a drug. I'm so addicted to it.

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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.

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New York is a city where you're so alone, you're an individual, you can disappear. You can make something happen. But it's very different to make something happen in the art world.

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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.

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No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy.

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What counts in the end is what the government does.

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Freedom of speech implies the world isn’t defined. It is meaningful when people are allowed to see the world their way.

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Any politician who respects China's government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues - both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.

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