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Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.

Bertolt Brecht

The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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Lasts People War
Everyone needs help from everyone.
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Collaboration Helping Needs
There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Being Good Human Nature Taste
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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Clever Lying Smart
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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Clean Coffins Literature Underwear
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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Demand Literature Long
People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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Long People Silly
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
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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Able Strong Theatre
Show them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face.
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Black Proposition Running Sensible Show Support
What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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Banking Breaking Literature Silence
All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Art Living Service
One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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Declaring Running War
There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
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Men Struggle Years
You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Breaths Finals Fresh Start
In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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Dark Inspirational Singing

Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.

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