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BERTOLT BRECHTWhat is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
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One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
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Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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People who understand everything get no stories.
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In the contradiction lies the hope.
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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.
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Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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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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Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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