We should use this public sphere and redefine - beyond China's borders - what a government is allowed to do, where its powers end and where the realm of a citizen's privacy begins.

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

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

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

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

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.

Life lessons build strength, and life is truly A Beautiful Struggle

Sports saved my life.

The fulfillment of desire does not necessarily make you happy because there is a satiation factor. You can get some apple pie and eat it. If this is what makes you happy, why not eat ten?

We're going to get that little bug before that little bug gets my poll ratings down any further.

My grandparents are holocaust survivors so I was really aware at a young age how horrible human beings can be to one another.

Wouldn't the world be a cleaner place if we gave blind people brooms instead of canes?

I've always been anxious about 'Primer.' There's good things about it, but all I've seen for a long time is the flaws.

I think Anderson Silva is ahead of Chuck Liddell as far as that goes.