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This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years. People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China's relationship with the outside world. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#because #been #beijing #china #dreaming

Twitter was like a poem. It was rich, real and spontaneous. It really fit my style. In a year and a half, I tweeted 60,000 tweets, over 100,000 words. I spent a minimum eight hours a day on it, sometimes 24 hours. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#eight #fit #half #hours #i

We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more efficient. That is very short-sighted. China looks efficient only because it can sacrifice most people's rights. This is not something the west should be happy about. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#authoritarian #be happy #because #china #countries

The problem is the following, black music is increasing encumbered by white elements, often pleasant but always superfluous, easily and advantageously replaced with black elements. ↗

— Boris Vian

#black #black music #easily #elements #following

One of the things I give Nancy Pelosi a lot of credit for is that she's able to get things passed and hold her members together because she shows us that she's doing everything possible to get our views into these bills. ↗

— Peter Welch

#because #bills #credit #doing #everything

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. ↗

— Jack Welch

#business #business leaders #completion #create #drive

CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It's just cultural. People just don't want to do it. ↗

— Jack Welch

#ceos #could #cultural #culture #day

I love it when these Internet dudes say to me, 'Hey man, we just want to be 'content neutral.' ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#dudes #hey #i #i love #internet

What's important at the grocery store is just as important in engines or medical systems. If the customer isn't satisfied, if the stuff is getting stale, if the shelf isn't right, or if the offerings aren't right, it's the same thing. You manage it like a small organization. You don't get hung up on zeros. ↗

— Jack Welch

#engines #get #getting #grocery #grocery store

I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our fifty-two states. ↗

— Raquel Welch

#because #chicago #come #fifty-two #i