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Bertolt Brecht

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    Bertolt Brecht

    A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy's guts, he comes.

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    Bertolt Brecht

    Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.

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    Bertolt Brecht

    All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.

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    Bertolt Brecht

    All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.

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    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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    A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

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    Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women. The latter normally concerns itself with profit, the former with pleasure. In the coming age, art will fashion our entertainment out of new means of productivity in ways that will simultaneously enhance our profit and maximize our pleasure.

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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. ... 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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    Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.

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    Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.

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    As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.

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    A theater without beer is just a museum

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    Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.

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    Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.

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    Boy Meets Girl, So What?

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    Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.

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    Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.

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    Don’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.

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    Bertolt Brecht

    Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

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    Don't expect the theatre to satisfy the habits of its audience, but to change them.

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    Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.

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    Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

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    Everyone needs help from everyone.

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    Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.

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    Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands. 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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    First the pork chops, then morality

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    For art to be 'unpolitical' means only to ally itself with the 'ruling' group.

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    For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.

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    For the task assigned them Men aren't smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.

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    For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run his legs off to keep them from being stolen out fom underneath him.

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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. Methods become exhausted; stimuli no longer work. New problems appear and demand new methods. 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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    For what's the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?

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    From the start it has been the theatre's business to entertain people ... it needs no other passport than fun.

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    General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.

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    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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    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. 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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    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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    Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.

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    Grub first, then ethics.

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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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    He who is still laughing is he who hasn't heard the terrible news.

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    Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.

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    I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.

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    I don't trust him. We're friends.

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    If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.

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    If you don't have fun, you don't have a show.

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    If you join the rat race — you're in the race of rats.

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    If you wan to steal money, don't rob a bank - open one.

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    I'm in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.

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    Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.