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It’s never too late for those whose time has come.

Bertolt Brecht

General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Defect Men Thinking
First the pork chops, then morality
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Firsts Morality Pork
Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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Lying Running Writing
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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Defeat Sunset Victory
Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.
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Approaching Folk Hands Knives Men
Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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Giving Love Wish
When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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Become Doing Evil Invisible Suffering
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
When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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Helping Insurance Praying
Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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Already Fighting May
The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Deserve Innocent Shots
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
It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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Bills Hotel Pay
Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.
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Dammed Easy Important
When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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Common Folk Leader War

It’s never too late for those whose time has come.

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