First the pork chops, then morality
BERTOLT BRECHT…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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War is like love, it always finds a way.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
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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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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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Don’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.
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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?
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Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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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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Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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