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Bertolt Brecht

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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Men Show Traded
Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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Already Fighting May
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Leadership Numbers Two
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
If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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Art Mirrors Special
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
A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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Giving Men Police Six Street Time
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Anger Dies Moral
In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.
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Adequately Great Recognized Understanding
You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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May Philosophy Waiting
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
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Crazy Literature Teacher
What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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Banking Breaking Literature Silence
Grub first, then ethics.
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Cooking First Food
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Peace Storm War Wind
War is like love, it always finds a way.
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Life Love Military
When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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Helping Insurance Praying
First the pork chops, then morality
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Firsts Morality Pork
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
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Bank Initiative Robbery
All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Art Living Service
You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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Tree Wood Writing
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Expected Good People Remain
Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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Believe Knows Learn
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
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 attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it’s all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It’s the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.
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Government People War

Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.

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