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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

Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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Politics Suppose War
One must live well to know what living is.
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Knows Live Must Well
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Leadership Numbers Two
For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
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Alive Sex Trying
Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
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Criminals Doe Lying
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Bank Initiative Robbery
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
Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
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Art Embrace Hands War
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
On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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Brother Cities Thinking
One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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Declaring Running War
Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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Characteristics Each Face Spitting
Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
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Contentment Country Sacrifice
Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Art Fashion Mean
A theater without beer is just a museum
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Beer Museums Theater
When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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Common Folk Leader War
Unhappiness doesn’t grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won’t fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man’s doing.
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Fall Men Tiles
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
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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Demand Literature Long
You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Breaths Finals Fresh Start
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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Change Moving Stay Strong
The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
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Errors Science Wisdom
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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Art Mirror Reality
What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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Joy Nightmare One Other
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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Defeat Sunset Victory
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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Latter Stupidity Workers
Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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Boys Broken Girl Heart

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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