To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the rea…

Ai Weiwei
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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason. ✨ Ai Weiwei: The Dissident. Time's Person of the Year 2011, content.time.com. December 14, 2011.
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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason. ✨ Ai Weiwei: The Dissident. Time's Person of the Year 2011, content.time.com. December 14, 2011.

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