If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
BERTOLT BRECHTThen I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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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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Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
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Only bad generals need heroes.
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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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For what’s the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
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Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of.
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He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
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Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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Grub first, then ethics.
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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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You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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