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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.

Bertolt Brecht

The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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Lasts People War
Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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Diversity Justice Struggle
Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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Thinking War Writing
All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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Fool Government Splits
Temptation to behave is terrible.
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Literature Temptation Terrible
I was called up in the war and sent to a hospital. I dressed wounds, applied iodine, gave enemas, did blood transfusions. If the doctor ordered: “Brecht, amputate a leg!”, I would reply, “Certainly, Your Excellency!”, and cut off the leg. If I was told, “Perform a trepanning!”
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Cutting Men Transfusion War
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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Be Good Temptation Terrible
The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
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Art Epic Film History Purpose Song
Only bad generals need heroes.
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General Hero Needs
If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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Join Race Rat
Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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Bad Good Luck
It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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Come Late never Too
For what’s the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
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Men Stars Thinking
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
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Expected Good People Remain
Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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Curse Poverty Wise

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