Boy Meets Girl, So What?
BERTOLT BRECHTIn the contradiction lies the hope.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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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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Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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People who understand everything get no stories.
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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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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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The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions.
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.
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First the pork chops, then morality
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