Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what’s left tastes bitter.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
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Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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People who understand everything get no stories.
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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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Don’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.
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Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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