One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.
BERTOLT BRECHTAll 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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…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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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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People who understand everything get no stories.
BERTOLT BRECHTPeople who understand everything get no stories.
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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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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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What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhat’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
BERTOLT BRECHTPeople remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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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 BRECHTGeneral, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.
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Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …
BERTOLT BRECHTArt and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …
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