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Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!

Bertolt Brecht

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
Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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Anticipation Death Life
The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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Bed Rivers Violent
It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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Acceptance Important Matters
From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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Fun People Theatre
Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must also change. Nothing comes from nothing; the new comes from the old, but that is why it is new.
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Change Nothing Reality Representation
What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
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Good Knows Rapture Things
Everyone needs help from everyone.
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Collaboration Helping Needs
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Expected Good People Remain
You don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
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God Sky Storm
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
The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Humor One Righteous Sense
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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Children Hate Ignorance
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
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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Death Fear Life
Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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Account Knows Science

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