Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
BERTOLT BRECHTOne forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.
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What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods.
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One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.
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I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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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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It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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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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…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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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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People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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