Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (Bertolt Brecht) Quotes
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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It's not that that I'm not comfortable being naked, but when you grow up fat, you can't take away the shame or embarrassment even though you're a model. It's not just erased.
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I've been playing both sides of the law my entire career. It's not really surprising for me to be doing opposing sides simultaneously. I would argue that even though my character on 'Hawaii Five-0' originated on the wrong side of the law, I'd say he's worked his way over to the good side.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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I spent a lot of time in boarding school. This is something I will never do to my kids. I think if you're having kids, then you have to take care of them; otherwise, what's the point? There are many things that parents say are good for the kids, but the truth is they say that because it is good for the parents.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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Push-ups, sit-ups, and a strict diet of raisins. That's my plan.
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I like very much to put on fashion shows.
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Albanians are a nation of freedom fighters who know something about living under oppression.
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I think future generations will say the late 20th century and the early 21st century was a time of great convulsions and upheavals.
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Of course, I consider myself a feminist, but I wouldn't say I'm a feminist genius or anything.
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The football season is like pain. You forget how terrible it is until it seizes you again.
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There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. To catch a fish when you are hungry, cut the boughs of a tree, make a fire to roast it, and eat it in the open air, is the greatest of all luxuries. I would not stay a week pent up in cities if it were not for my passion for art.
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I know quite a few fellow members of the news analysis and commentary business, and I have it from the highest-placed sources, on the record, that each and every one of our children is a genius.
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Despite its obscurity, probably no element on the periodic table has as colorful a history as antimony. Money, madness, poison, linguistics, charlatanism, sex - pretty much every theme that runs through the periodic table can be found in Element 51.
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I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.
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I do think it's important to live in the present because in that way you won't be living in a state of regret.
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Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.
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A god that can be understood is not a god.
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I know that you, ladies and gentlemen, have a philosophy, each and all of you, and that the most interesting and important thing about you is the way in which it determines the perspective in your several worlds.
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Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the same jokes in a different order and then have a little prayer that I won't be met by silence.
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The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.
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Geometry has two great treasures: one is the Theorem of Phythagoras, the other the division of a line in extreme and mean ratio. The first we can compare to a mass of gold; the other we may call a precious jewel.
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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
