Bertolt Brecht Quotes

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• Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We've lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
• What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
• The righteous one has no sense of humor.
• 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…
• What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You…
• Boy Meets Girl, So What?
• To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
• 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…
• From the start it has been the theatre's business to entertain people ... it needs no other passport than fun.
• You can't write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
• If you fight you might lose, if you don't you have already lost.
• Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
• Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
• It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
• Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go…
• A theater without beer is just a museum
• I don't like where I'm going and I don't like where I've been. Why am I in a hurry?
• For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
• Right is its own defense.
• Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.

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