Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (Bertolt Brecht) Quotes
You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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I'm very obsessed with 'The Real Housewives' franchise. It's a bad obsession.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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I keep on saying, being moderate is fundamental to Islam.
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The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.
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Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
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People sometimes wear shirts that are really boxy, and you can see them over the top of their trousers, which doesn't look right to me.
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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Milosevic will never stop, because he is fighting for personal power in Serbia. The only way to stop him is cutting the functioning of his war machine. He is spending $1.7 million a day on his war machine in Kosovo.
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'Stand By You' is about sticking by the person you love not only when things are easy, but being there for them during trials and letting them know they aren't alone.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
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I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.
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I like a girl who spend a little cash for her shoes.
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Iraq is a country that has been invaded. It's not a failing state that you want to help. It's a country that was functioning good or bad, with a horrible dictator, but you have invaded.
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None of my friends don't have Facebook accounts. Op-eds and studies can highlight our decreased enthusiasm for Facebook 'til the cows come home, but it doesn't change the fact that we are chained to the beast. Voluntarily, of course.
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The appropriate time for the ultimate release of the deposits will have arrived at the onset of the first post-war slump.
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The Pulitzer has nothing to do with me; it's more about people's perceptions of me, whatever they may be. I'm not being humble - I honestly do not and cannot think about that. It's a lovely piece of crystal on my bookcase, but that's all it is to me.
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You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
