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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.

Bertolt Brecht

There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Leadership Numbers Two
Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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Book Men Weapons
Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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Bird Perspective Squirrels
…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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Design Difficult Simplicity Software
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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Be Good Temptation Terrible
Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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Another Government People
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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Fall Heaven Snow
You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Breaths Finals Fresh Start
Right is its own defense.
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Defense Literature Own Right
All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Art Living Service
When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Collapse House Littles
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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Art Mirror Reality
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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Change Moving Stay Strong
For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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Clever Lying Smart
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
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Anger Dies Moral

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