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One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.

Bertolt Brecht

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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Art Discovery Reality
Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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Account Knows Science
The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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Comfortable Dog Newspaper Planting Shoe Singing
Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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Politics Suppose War
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
One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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Declaring Running War
Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Art Hammers Mirrors
Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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Confusion Humanity Nature
Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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Broken Out Peace
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Anger Dies Moral
For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
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Alive Sex Trying
Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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Believe Knows Learn
Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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Bears Creating Earth
Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
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Criminals Doe Lying
Life is short and so is money.
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Cute Life Money Short
Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
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Contentment Country Sacrifice

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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