Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
BERTOLT BRECHTReality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Show them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face.
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First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
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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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The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …
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Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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But something’s missing.
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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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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
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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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The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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One must live well to know what living is.
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What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
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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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I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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