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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.

Bertolt Brecht

Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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Be Kind Kindness Wanted
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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Feelings Historical Theatre
Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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Fall Heaven Snow
The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.
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Finest Spoil
What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
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Peace Running War
What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
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Gratitude Life Sadness
One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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Declaring Running War
We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it’s all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It’s the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.
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Government People War
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Peace Storm War Wind
In the contradiction lies the hope.
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Contradiction Hope Lying
It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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Bills Hotel Pay
Eats first, morals after.
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Eat Firsts Moral
Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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Book Men Weapons
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Musical Schoenberg Sweet
The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
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Errors Science Wisdom
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

Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.

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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.

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