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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.

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
First the grub, then the morals.
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Firsts Miscellaneous Moral
Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Art Fashion Mean
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
Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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Fearful Goodness Seductive
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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Be Good Temptation Terrible
The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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Appreciation Littles Progress
Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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Account Knows Science
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Leadership Numbers Two
The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Humor One Righteous Sense
Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Art Hammers Mirrors
Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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People Sitting Spring
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
The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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Bed Rivers Violent
None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Always Another Names

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