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.
BERTOLT BRECHTThose who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions.
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Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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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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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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Firebugs 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.
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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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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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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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