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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war

Bertolt Brecht

Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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Politics Suppose War
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
The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Laughing Laughter Men
When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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Common Folk Leader War
When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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Become Doing Evil Invisible Suffering
…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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Design Difficult Simplicity Software
There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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Brain Division Labor
To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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Fire Nothing World
Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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Diversity Justice Struggle
War is like love, it always finds a way.
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Life Love Military
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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Men Real Screen Voice
What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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Joy Nightmare One Other
You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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Tree Wood Writing
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
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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Crush Men Powerful
It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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Desire Reality Understanding

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