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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.

Bertolt Brecht

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
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
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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Mistake Moving Wisdom
When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Always Another Names
Eats first, morals after.
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Eat Firsts Moral
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
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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Demand Literature Long
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
What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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Founding Funny Money Robbing
The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions.
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Children Hate Ignorance
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Poverty Wells Wise
The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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Storm Tree Violent
Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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Believe Knows Learn
People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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Fighting May People
Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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Curse Poverty Wise
What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
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Kind Silence Tree

The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.

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