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What counts in the end is what the government does.

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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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I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

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I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.

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I'm totally independent. I don't bear any responsibility to any system.

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I often feel more disgust than pride about this kind of success. So there's no regret whatsoever.

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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

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My musician friends are banned from playing concerts in China because they share the same views as I do. My name cannot appear on the web, because my opinion is different from the Party.

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I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].

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

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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.

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I think you can give meaning to any condition; you can be poor or unsuccessful or be so-called successful. But I don't think that it would give an individual human being a better condition.

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Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics.

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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat. I don't care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.

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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.

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For artists and intellectuals today, what is most needed is to be clear about social responsibility, because that is what most people automatically give up. Just to protect yourself as an individual is very political. You don't have to march on Tiananmen, but you do have to be clear-minded, to find your own means of expression.

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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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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it's all we need.

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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.

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I never regret anything.

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