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Boy Meets Girl, So What?

Bertolt Brecht

Broken Heart, Girl, Boys

Bertolt Brecht, Werner Hecht (1998). “Werke”

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There are a few things that'll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they've been used several times, they no longer work.

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Moving, People, Trouble

Bertolt Brecht, Desmond Ivo Vesey, Eric Bentley (1964). “The Threepenny Opera”, p.5, Grove Press

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Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. ... In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.

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Art, Science, Views

Bertolt Brecht, John Willett (1964). “Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic”

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Eats first, morals after.

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Firsts, Moral

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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.

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Innocent, Shots, Deserve

"Intellectuals". Book by Paul Johnson, 1990.

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Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree. Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other's faces.

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Squirrels, Perspective, Bird

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Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.

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Seductive, Goodness, Fearful

bertolt brecht (1966). “the caucasian chalk circle”

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A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he'll give him sixpence. But the second time it'll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he'll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.

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Men, Giving, Police

"The Threepenny Opera". Play by Bertolt Brecht, 1928.

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The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.

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Song, Art, Epic

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For what's the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?

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Stars, Men, Thinking

Bertolt Brecht (2015). “Collected Short Stories of Bertolt Brecht”, p.22, Bloomsbury Publishing

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First the grub, then the morals.

Bertolt Brecht

Firsts, Moral, Miscellaneous

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What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture 'tis to flee it.

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Good Things, Rapture, Knows

Bertolt Brecht (1983). “Two Plays by Bertolt Brecht”, Plume Books

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People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.

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Silly, Long, People

Bertolt Brecht (1966). “Jungle of Cities: And Other Plays”, p.77, Grove Press

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Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We've lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!

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Moon, Bye, Alabama

Bertolt Brecht (1990). “Brecht Collected Plays: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mohagony and the Seven Deadly Sins :”, Methuen

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Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.

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Spring, People, Sitting

Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim (1987). “Poems, 1913-1956”, p.158, Taylor & Francis

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There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.

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Brain, Division, Labor

Bertolt Brecht (2015). “Brecht Collected Plays: 1: Baal; Drums in the Night; In the Jungle of Cities; Life of Edward II of England; & 5 One Act Plays”, p.63, A&C Black

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On thinking about Hell, I gather
My brother Shelley found it was a place
Much like the city of London. I
Who live in Los Angeles and not in London
Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be
Still more like Los Angeles.

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Brother, Thinking, Cities

Bertolt Brecht, Erich Fried (1979). “Poems”

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One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.

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Running, War, Declaring

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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.

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Fall, People, Faces

Bertolt Brecht (2015). “Brecht Collected Plays: 1: Baal; Drums in the Night; In the Jungle of Cities; Life of Edward II of England; & 5 One Act Plays”, p.167, Bloomsbury Publishing

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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.

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Hurt, Doe, Scar

Bertolt Brecht (2014). “Love Poems”, p.52, W. W. Norton & Company

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But something's missing.

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Missing

"Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny". Opera by Kurt Weill, german libretto by Bertolt Brecht, 1930.

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It was never decreed that a god mustn't pay hotel bills.

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Pay, Bills, Hotel

Bertolt Brecht (1961). “Parables for the theatre: Two plays: The good woman of Setzuan and The caucasian chalk circle”

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Sometimes I have visions of myself driving through hell, selling sulphur and brimstone, or through heaven peddling refreshments to the roaming souls. If me and the children I've got left could find a place where there's no shooting, I wouldn't mind a few years of peace and quiet.

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Children, Years, Heaven

Bertolt Brecht (1971). “Collected Plays: The life of Galileo. The trial of Lucullus. Mother Courage and her children”

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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?

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Funny Money, Robbing, Founding

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First the pork chops, then morality

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Pork, Firsts, Morality

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Born: February 10, 1898
Died: August 14, 1956
Occupation: Poet
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