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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. …

Bertolt Brecht

The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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Bed Rivers Violent
When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Collapse House Littles
I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
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Men Show Traded
It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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Acceptance Important Matters
The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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Alone Happiness Joy Men
None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
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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Children Hate Ignorance
Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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Curse Poverty Wise
You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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May Philosophy Waiting
…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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Design Difficult Simplicity Software
For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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Order Reality Tables
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Crazy Literature Teacher
I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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Friendship Negative Trust
Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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Thinking War Writing
The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
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Abuse Kissing Race
There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
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Men Struggle Years

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 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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