Bertolt Brecht on expected
Bertolt Brecht170 quotes“People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.”
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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Life is short and so is money.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht 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.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht War is like love, it always finds a way.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht 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.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The fate of man is man.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Why be a man when you can be a success?
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht
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Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on expected
I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
Bill ParcellsBill Parcells Destiny plans a different route, or turns the dream around, as if it were a riddle, and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn’t have expected.
Ben OkriBen Okri No pretentions to beauty or even good looks, was something he had not expected. But falling in love, he had always understood, was unpredictable, and, as far as he was concerned, irrevocable.
Betty NeelsBetty Neels Perfect. Why was this so hard to find?”The other type of perfect is the type you never could have expected and then could never replicate.
B. J. NovakB. J. Novak If I’m expected to keep your messages, and everybody else’s, then there should be a law that says, you need to keep all of these.
Tim CookTim Cook As expected life isn’t that sweet at all. When I came to Tokyo I thought I could achieve anything with my own two hands. It’s not like that.
Ai YazawaAi Yazawa It authenticates itself. Something inside us knows. This…is what has been sought for, longed for, looked for. This is it. Usually, it’s not what we expected.
AdyashantiAdyashanti People fed on sugared praises cannot be expected to feel an appetite for the black broth of honest criticism.
Agnes RepplierAgnes Repplier
