Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
BERTOLT BRECHTOh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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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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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
BERTOLT BRECHTYoung Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
BERTOLT BRECHTTo those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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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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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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A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
BERTOLT BRECHTA 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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The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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