Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
BERTOLT BRECHTAs regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
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Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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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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Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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First the pork chops, then morality
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Life is short and so is money.
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First the grub, then the morals.
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Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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For what’s the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
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Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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