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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.

Bertolt Brecht

When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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Common Folk Lying War
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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Alabama Bye Moon
Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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Order Reality Representation
If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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Fun Inspirational Shows
Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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Curse Poverty Wise
If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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Join Race Rat
Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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Politics Suppose War
Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Art Fashion Mean
First the pork chops, then morality
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Firsts Morality Pork
Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Country Hero Needs
It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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Bills Hotel Pay
To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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Fire Nothing World
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
Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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Characteristics Each Face Spitting
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
With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
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Majority Purpose Shoulders

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