A theater without beer is just a museum
BERTOLT BRECHTThe right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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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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General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.
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Unhappiness doesn’t grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won’t fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man’s doing.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what’s left tastes bitter.
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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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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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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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