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Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.

Bertolt Brecht

Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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Order Reality Representation
But something’s missing.
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Lot Missing Something
For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
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Alive Sex Trying
First the pork chops, then morality
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Firsts Morality Pork
Why be a man when you can be a success?
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Inspirational Life Motivational
Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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Guest Home Wind
The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
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Abuse Kissing Race
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
A 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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Acting Men People
There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Being Good Human Nature Taste
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Bank Initiative Robbery
To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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Fire Nothing World
What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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Joy Nightmare One Other
Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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Be Kind Kindness Wanted
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
Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government’s confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?
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Government Party People

Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.

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