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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 Brecht

It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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Come Late never Too
He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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Fighting Loses Lost
There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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Latter Stupidity Workers
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
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Anger Dies Moral
When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Doe Hurt Scar
People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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Long People Silly
When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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Helping Insurance Praying
Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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Impact Lying Mistakes
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
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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Going Hurry Like
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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Bother Carries Defect Faster General Man Storm
Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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Fearful Goodness Seductive
For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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Clever Lying Smart
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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Crush Men Powerful
Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.
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Approaching Folk Hands Knives Men

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.

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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.

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