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You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!

Bertolt Brecht

General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Bother Carries Defect Faster General Man Storm
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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Demand Literature Long
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
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Leadership Numbers Two
Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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Account Knows Science
If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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Join Race Rat
Grub first, then ethics.
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Cooking First Food
War is like love, it always finds a way.
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Life Love Military
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
Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.
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Even Greater Love Lover Peace Provided War
A theater without beer is just a museum
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Beer Museums Theater
The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
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Knives Order Sweat
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.
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Become Doing Evil Invisible Suffering
None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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Long People Silly
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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Mistake Moving Wisdom

You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!

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