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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.

Bertolt Brecht

One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
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People Today World
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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Confusion Humanity Impossible
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
Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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Important Sometimes Taste
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Poverty Wells Wise
Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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Broken Out Peace
Life is short and so is money.
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Cute Life Money Short
The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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Lasts People War
It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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Ahead Literature Travel
If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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Money One Open Stealing
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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Able Strong Theatre
Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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Believe Knows Learn
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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Cheesy Funny Gone Good Morning
We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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Ground Knows Others Ourselves
To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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Fire Nothing World
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Leadership Numbers Two

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