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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.

Bertolt Brecht

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
Life is short and so is money.
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Cute Life Money Short
Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
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Light Planning Shining
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Peace Storm War Wind
Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Fear Today Triumph
General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver.
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Crush Men Powerful
Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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Be Kind Kindness Wanted
Right is its own defense.
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Defense Literature Own Right
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Leadership Numbers Two
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Poverty Wells Wise
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Musical Schoenberg Sweet
People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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Long People Silly
It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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Desire Reality Understanding
We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it’s all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It’s the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.
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Government People War
The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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Fall Hurt Rain
Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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Book Change Dog Morning

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