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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.

Bertolt Brecht

Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
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Light Planning Shining
Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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Characteristics Each Face Spitting
When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Collapse House Littles
You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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May Philosophy Waiting
The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Deserve Innocent Shots
First the pork chops, then morality
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Firsts Morality Pork
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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Defeat Sunset Victory
All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Art Living Service
The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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Emperor Finest Ruined
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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Demand Literature Long
Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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Able Strong Theatre
If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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Join Race Rat
Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.
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Dammed Easy Important
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Musical Schoenberg Sweet
I opened the man’s skull and messed about with his brains. I saw how they patched fellows up, so as to cart them back to the Front as quickly as they could.
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Brains Cart Front Patch Skull
But something’s missing.
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Lot Missing Something

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