When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
BERTOLT BRECHTSomething ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.
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If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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Temptation to behave is terrible.
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When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
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What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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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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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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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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