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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.

Bertolt Brecht

Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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Bird Perspective Squirrels
Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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Believe Knows Learn
One must live well to know what living is.
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Knows Live Must Well
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Bank Initiative Robbery
Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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Bad Good Luck
The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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Comfortable Dog Newspaper Planting Shoe Singing
When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” 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.
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Become Doing Evil Invisible Suffering
Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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Account Knows Science
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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People Today World
There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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Latter Stupidity Workers
If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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Fun Inspirational Shows
Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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Army War Years
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Leadership Numbers Two
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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Desire Reality Understanding
To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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Fire Nothing World
First the grub, then the morals.
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Firsts Miscellaneous Moral

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