The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.
BERTOLT BRECHTA theater without beer is just a museum
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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But something’s missing.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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I opened the man’s skull and messed about with his brains. I saw how they patched fellows up, so as to cart them back to the Front as quickly as they could.
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First the grub, then the morals.
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Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what’s left tastes bitter.
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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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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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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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Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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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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From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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