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Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.

Bertolt Brecht

General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.
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Crush Men Powerful
Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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Fall Heaven Snow
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
To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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Fire Nothing World
One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
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People Today World
Eats first, morals after.
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Eat Firsts Moral
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Expected Good People Remain
You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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Tree Wood Writing
In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.
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Adequately Great Recognized Understanding
We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
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Feelings Historical Theatre
Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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Bird Perspective Squirrels
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
He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Enemy Himself Speak
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
All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Art Living Service
Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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Fearful Goodness Seductive

Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.

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