When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
BERTOLT BRECHTFirebugs 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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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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War is like love, it always finds a way.
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If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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One must live well to know what living is.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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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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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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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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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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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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