Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (Bertolt Brecht) Quotes
The rainNever falls upwards.When the woundStops hurtingWhat hurts isThe scar.
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Nearly all edible seaweeds - or 'sea vegetables,' as they ought technically to be called - belong to one of three broad groups: green, red and brown algae.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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I had no choice in the decision to make myself available. I was not always doing things I wanted to do.
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The whole of society is like a cabbage-stalk covered with caterpillars, and none is satisfied till it has crawled to the top.
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I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.
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Every once in a while I feel the tremendous force of the novel. But it does not stay with me.
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I said I wanted to strap guns on an El Camino. When I brought it up at a meeting, they said great. I realized there's no adult in the room.
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I'm not in demand. I'm all washed up.
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Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.
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The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.
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Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?
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If I've been indulging in rich foods, a cleanse is a wonderful way to hit the reset button.
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Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.
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Hard science gives sensational results with a horribly boring process; philosophy gives boring results with a sensational process; literature gives sensational results with a sensational process; and economics gives boring results with a boring process.
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When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul?
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A person is a process, one that leads to death...
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The dirty wax of egotism accumulated in the heart prevents us from clearly hearing the Lord’s voice within. A guru, with the stick of knowledge, cleans our hearts. Its really ugly to see what may come out, but by following patiently, we keep cleaning.
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The passion for art is, as for believers, very religious. It unites people, its message is of common humanity. Art has become my religion - others pray in church. It's a banality, but you don't possess art, it possesses you. It's like falling in love.
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Real love, no matter how unworthy the object, is a glorious adventure. It bursts the shackles of selfishness. One's world is bigger, broader; one's sympathies are amazingly more tender. No matter what the result, if you haven't really loved, you haven't really lived.
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From what I understand about Shakespeare - which isn't a lot - there was no copyright law when he was writing. He sampled at will, and it wasn't seen as a bad thing.
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This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.
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Education is the gateway to the American Dream. But today our immigration laws make higher education - a virtual requirement for financial security - out of reach for more than one million undocumented students.
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The rainNever falls upwards.When the woundStops hurtingWhat hurts isThe scar.
