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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.

Bertolt Brecht

Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Art Hammers Mirrors
For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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Order Reality Tables
Life is short and so is money.
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Cute Life Money Short
All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Art Living Service
If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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Join Race Rat
The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Deserve Innocent Shots
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
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Acting Men People
Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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Book Men Weapons
General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Bother Carries Defect Faster General Man Storm
The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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Emperor Finest Ruined
Temptation to behave is terrible.
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Literature Temptation Terrible
Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
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Features Hatred
Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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Alabama Bye Moon
A theater without beer is just a museum
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Beer Museums Theater
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Musical Schoenberg Sweet
He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Laughing News Terrible

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