A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
BERTOLT BRECHT
BERTOLT BRECHT
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Bertolt Brecht170 quotes“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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