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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.

Bertolt Brecht

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
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Crazy Literature Teacher
…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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Design Difficult Simplicity Software
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Musical Schoenberg Sweet
When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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Common Folk Lying War
We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
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Feelings Historical Theatre
Temptation to behave is terrible.
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Literature Temptation Terrible
What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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Joy Nightmare One Other
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 storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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Storm Tree Violent
But something’s missing.
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Lot Missing Something
I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
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About Country Live Place
Unhappiness doesn’t grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won’t fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man’s doing.
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Fall Men Tiles
Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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Fearful Goodness Seductive
The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.
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Finest Spoil
The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Deserve Innocent Shots

Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.

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