Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (Bertolt Brecht) Quotes
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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I try not to have favorites, but Barfly is one that I like. My favorite is always the one I just finished.
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The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I mean, sometimes when you do a show or a campaign with a designer, you get along with them really well and you become friends. And then, sometimes, people are just a bit... weird.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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I wrote my first book when I was 15 years old. And my second book '1,2,3 Publish Me!' shows everyone how writing a book is done in just the three secret editing levels I discovered!
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I'm interested in playing, not working.
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I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.
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Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.
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I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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No matter how much technology changes scouting, no matter how much free agency and big TV contracts change the business of baseball, I hope and pray that the heart of the game will never change.
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Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.
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The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.
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Only when it is seen that what decides each individual's destiny is whether or not God decides to save him from his sins, and that this is a decision that God need not make in any individual case, can one begin to grasp the biblical view of grace.
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There aren't too many things that make you feel better than a little kid seeing you, yelling your name, and running to you.
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If you've been around as long as I have, watching the literary scene, then you know that who's in and who's out changes by the year. It's really a very fluid situation that requires that the person who is having the good luck now isn't having it a year or two from now.
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The first thing I look at with a project isn't who's directing, whether it's a big film; it's the character and whether I want to tell her story.
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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.
