The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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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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Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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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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Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.
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First the pork chops, then morality
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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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The 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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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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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.
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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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