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The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.

Bertolt Brecht

Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
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Criminals Doe Lying
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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Happiness Hero Land
People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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Faces Fall People
Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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Belief Men Running
First the grub, then the morals.
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Firsts Miscellaneous Moral
Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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Be Kind Kindness Wanted
There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
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Men Struggle Years
What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
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Peace Running War
Why be a man when you can be a success?
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Inspirational Life Motivational
I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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Going Hurry Like
Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Country Hero Needs
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
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Musical Schoenberg Sweet
The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
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Art Epic Film History Purpose Song
In the contradiction lies the hope.
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Contradiction Hope Lying
It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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Come Late never Too

The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.

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