Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (Bertolt Brecht) Quotes
The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves.
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Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves.
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Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed.
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I am often in contact with the hareidi public and politicians.
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I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.
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I would say I am an ordinary bowler but one with a really big heart, and that's what has stood me in good stead in all these years.
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The shoes and the eyes are windows to a woman's spirit.
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My partner has to have good sized bones.
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I do believe the potential for ConnectU was as big as Facebook's, absolutely.
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Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best.
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George W. Bush always said and did what he believed and he let it rip.
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While prices of goods continue to rise, American worker's wages remain stagnant.
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I know that God has had my back, even when I was screwing up.
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Strong families are vital to strong societies.
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Many women have asked me if it is possible to have a well-built wardrobe on a limited budget. 'Money,' I tell them, 'is no guarantee of taste, and an overstuffed wardrobe is often as bare as a skeleton when it comes to wearable apparel.'
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I did Polyester, and I don't regret one minute of it. It was wonderful.
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I think people try so hard to learn everything that they miss all the wonderful essentials. There is so much mystery in life that you should leave a mystery.
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An ice-fishing shanty is basically a tin outhouse on a frozen lake, except that in an outhouse, the hole has a purpose. In ice fishing, the hole is what you stare at for hours, hoping that at some point you'll break the monotony by falling in.
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Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere mortals can't do that!
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I don't think I'm being forced to grow up too fast; I would rather people treat me like an adult.
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How and when to try new things and to what degree are critical... Too soon and too radical a change and you may not master anything or develop a style.
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Whatever America's founders believed about Christianity - and they believed a wide range of things - they clearly rejected the idea of an established church.
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We're very good at talking about the individual in American politics and excellent at talking about the government. But we have little ability to even acknowledge everything that exists in the middle, and given how influential politics is on every other part of our life, I think that failure of discourse is pretty corrosive to our overall culture.
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Every day more Americans watch their jobs being shipped overseas.
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The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves.
