Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (Bertolt Brecht) Quotes
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.
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Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed.
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A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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In North Germany, a troublesome ghost is bagged, and the bag emptied in some lone spot or in the garden of a neighbour against whom a grudge is entertained.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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Fuel conservation is as important as fuel production.
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I think everyone remembers how certain Russian bureaucrats used to work against the Ukrainian opposition; I think it is hard to drop old habits.
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I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply religious and my mother was not.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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I'm literally open to any medium that will have me.
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
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I think people really need to think what it's like to have all of society arrayed against you.
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We're in very bad trouble if we don't understand the planet we're trying to save.
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I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
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Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one another (like the two lean horses of a Calcutta hack who can only just stand together)? I have not.
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On a plane you can pick up more and better people than on any other public conveyance since the stagecoach.
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A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.
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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
