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Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.

Bertolt Brecht

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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Desire Reality Understanding
Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must also change. Nothing comes from nothing; the new comes from the old, but that is why it is new.
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Change Nothing Reality Representation
Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Country Hero Needs
It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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Come Late never Too
Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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Democracy Favors Freedom
He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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Fighting Loses Lost
When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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Fall Rain Summer
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Crazy Literature Teacher
The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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Emperor Finest Ruined
Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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Diversity Justice Struggle
One must live well to know what living is.
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Knows Live Must Well
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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Moving People Trouble
Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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Order Reality Representation
Why be a man when you can be a success?
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Inspirational Life Motivational
Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
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Contentment Country Sacrifice
Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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Believe Knows Learn

Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.

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