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Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.

Bertolt Brecht

None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
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People Today World
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
Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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Already Fighting May
Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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Book Men Weapons
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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Happiness Hero Land
Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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Confusion Humanity Nature
Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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Change Enemy Littles
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
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Acting Men People
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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Clothes Feelings Writing
When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Doe Hurt Scar
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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Art Mirror Reality
People who understand everything get no stories.
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People Stories Understand
Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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Fortune Good Mighty Share
Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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Boys Broken Girl Heart
Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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Order Reality Representation

Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.

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