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What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?

Bertolt Brecht

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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Art Discovery Reality
Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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Fearful Goodness Seductive
Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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Curse Poverty Wise
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
He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Enemy Himself Speak
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
I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
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Clothes Feelings Writing
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
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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Fall Rain Summer
When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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Helping Insurance Praying
One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
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People Today World
Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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Anticipation Death Life
Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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Politics Suppose War
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Crazy Literature Teacher
Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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Book Change Dog Morning
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

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