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I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.

Bertolt Brecht

Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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Broken Out Peace
Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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Army War Years
The fate of man is man.
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Fate Men Trust
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
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
The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Deserve Innocent Shots
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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Bother Carries Defect Faster General Man Storm
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
If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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Fun Inspirational Shows
Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.
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Dwelling Object People Tool
The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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Emperor Finest Ruined
Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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Book Men Weapons
Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
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Light Planning Shining
We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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Ground Knows Others Ourselves
There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Being Good Human Nature Taste
People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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Long People Silly

I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.

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I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.

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