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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.

Bertolt Brecht

Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …
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Art Science Views Work
When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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Helping Insurance Praying
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
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
What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
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Good Knows Rapture Things
We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
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Feelings Historical Theatre
Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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Order Reality Representation
Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.
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Approaching Folk Hands Knives Men
Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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Men Scholarship Turns
None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
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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Crush Men Powerful
Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
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Features Hatred
People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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Faces Fall People
Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government’s confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?
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Government Party People
It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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Banker Clerk Fog
The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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Eran Hopefully Mobilization Out Place Seller Written

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