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As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.

Bertolt Brecht

There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Being Good Human Nature Taste
General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Defect Men Thinking
Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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Fall Heaven Snow
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
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Acting Men People
But something’s missing.
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Lot Missing Something
Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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Thinking War Writing
Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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Anticipation Death Life
The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
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Errors Science Wisdom
I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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Friendship Negative Trust
The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
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Art Epic Film History Purpose Song
General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.
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Crush Men Powerful
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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Change Moving Stay Strong
Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Fear Today Triumph
In the contradiction lies the hope.
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Contradiction Hope Lying
Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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Bears Creating Earth
If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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Art Mirrors Special

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