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The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?

Bertolt Brecht

If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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Art Mirrors Special
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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Men Struggle Years
If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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Join Race Rat
There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
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Moving People Trouble
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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Happiness Hero Land
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Expected Good People Remain
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
There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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Latter Stupidity Workers
You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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Defend Truth Weak
The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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Storm Tree Violent
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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Clever Lying Smart
When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Doe Hurt Scar
One must live well to know what living is.
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Knows Live Must Well
Everyone needs help from everyone.
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Collaboration Helping Needs
The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
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Fall Rain Summer
The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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Bed Rivers Violent

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