Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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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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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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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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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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Eats first, morals after.
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If you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.
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It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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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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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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