People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
BERTOLT BRECHTReality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must also change. Nothing comes from nothing; the new comes from the old, but that is why it is new.
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Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
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For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
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It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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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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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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I was called up in the war and sent to a hospital. I dressed wounds, applied iodine, gave enemas, did blood transfusions. If the doctor ordered: “Brecht, amputate a leg!”, I would reply, “Certainly, Your Excellency!”, and cut off the leg. If I was told, “Perform a trepanning!”
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There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
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Right is its own defense.
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You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what’s left tastes bitter.
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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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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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Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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