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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.

Bertolt Brecht

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
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Acting Men People
If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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Fun Inspirational Shows
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Musical Schoenberg Sweet
All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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Fool Government Splits
You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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Defend Truth Weak
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
What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
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Kind Silence Tree
The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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Lasts People War
Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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Alabama Bye Moon
As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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Curves Distance Two
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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Cheesy Funny Gone Good Morning
There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Being Good Human Nature Taste
The fate of man is man.
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Fate Men Trust
For art to be ‘unpolitical’ means only to ally itself with the ‘ruling’ group.
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Allies Art Mean
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Poverty Wells Wise
You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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Tree Wood Writing
He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Enemy Himself Speak
The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
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Abuse Kissing Race
Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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Lying Running Writing
Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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Be Kind Kindness Wanted
Firebugs 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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Art Embrace Hands War
Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Art Fashion Mean
In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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Dark Inspirational Singing
There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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Brain Division Labor
You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Breaths Finals Fresh Start
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Crazy Literature Teacher
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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Death Fear Life

Love is the wish to give, not to receive.

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