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Bertolt Brecht

I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
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Men Show Traded
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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Art Heart Order Philosophy
It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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Bills Hotel Pay
I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
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About Country Live Place
There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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Brain Division Labor
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
Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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Democracy Favors Freedom
Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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Giving Love Wish
When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Collapse House Littles
A theater without beer is just a museum
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Beer Museums Theater
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Expected Good People Remain
The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
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Knives Order Sweat
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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Be Good Temptation Terrible
Unhappiness doesn’t grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won’t fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man’s doing.
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Fall Men Tiles
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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Cheesy Funny Gone Good Morning
What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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Founding Funny Money Robbing

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