One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.
BERTOLT BRECHTFirebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
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General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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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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The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
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