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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.

Bertolt Brecht

First the grub, then the morals.
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Firsts Miscellaneous Moral
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
Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Art Hammers Mirrors
You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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Defend Truth Weak
It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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Come Late never Too
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Poverty Wells Wise
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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Acting Men People
From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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Fun People Theatre
What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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Founding Funny Money Robbing
The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Laughing Laughter Men
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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Defeat Sunset Victory
When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Collapse House Littles
Temptation to behave is terrible.
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Literature Temptation Terrible
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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Happiness Hero Land
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
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

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