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Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.

Bertolt Brecht

If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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Art Mirrors Special
You don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
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God Sky Storm
Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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Able Strong Theatre
Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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Politics Suppose War
Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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Giving Love Wish
A theater without beer is just a museum
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Beer Museums Theater
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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Declaring Running War
Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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Important Sometimes Taste
To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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Fire Nothing World
Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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Order Reality Representation
It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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Ahead Literature Travel
The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Deserve Innocent Shots
He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Laughing News Terrible
For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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Clever Lying Smart
Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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Fearful Goodness Seductive
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Expected Good People Remain

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