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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

Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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Characteristics Each Face Spitting
All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Art Living Service
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
Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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Bears Creating Earth
The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
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Abuse Kissing Race
Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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Already Fighting May
A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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Giving Men Police Six Street Time
To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
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Finesse Mean Process
Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.
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Even Greater Love Lover Peace Provided War
Everyone needs help from everyone.
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Collaboration Helping Needs
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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Army War Years
It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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Acceptance Important Matters
First the pork chops, then morality
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Firsts Morality Pork
Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what’s left tastes bitter.
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Gone Love Sad Taste
Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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Democracy Favors Freedom
What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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Banking Breaking Literature Silence

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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