Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (Bertolt Brecht) Quotes
General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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It's one thing to have forced time off as an actor, and another thing when you actually say, 'I don't want to read anything, and I don't want to talk to anybody.'
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That's the way I work and one day I won't have the energy to do it, so I think it's always good to make the most of your life and living as much as possible.
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.
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You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself best by making everything as real as possible.
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I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.
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It's true that every leader needs followers. We can't all be nonconformists at every moment, but conformity is dangerous - especially for an entity in formation.
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Like, I'll wear a bright sweater with pants that are a more classic color.
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Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
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It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.
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When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.
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I was a bouncer for ten years in New York City.
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What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff.
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You should create a work that is so valuable it might eventually sell at a high price, but you've got to concentrate on how you create that artwork.
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I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.
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My feelings of revulsion and foreboding about nuclear weapons had not changed an iota since 1945, and they have never left me. Since I was 14, the overriding objective of my life has been to prevent the occurrence of nuclear war.
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Protectionism has to be avoided. Protectionism is not only on goods but also in the area of services. Financial protectionism is also bad and should be avoided.
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If I have some free time, I leave Paris with some books about the cinema. If I'm not filming, I'm watching films.
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If you go home with someone and they don't have books, don't fuck them.
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Korean students are hard working, talented, and they do what they need to do. They succeed in exams. They are highly motivated to succeed in tests.
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My mother didn’t try to stab my father until I was six.
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When folks say 'identity politics' don't matter, it simply reinforces the norm of a white, middle-class, cis narrative and further marginalizes the rest of us who don't share that identity.
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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
