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Bertolt Brecht

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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.


— Bertolt Brecht


#because #stay #things #way #will

The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.


— Bertolt Brecht


#bottom #defeats #fellows #top #victories

The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves.


— Bertolt Brecht


#been #carry #emperors #even #finest

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.


— Bertolt Brecht


#land #need #unhappy

War is like love; it always finds a way.


— Bertolt Brecht


#finds #like #love #war #way

What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.


— Bertolt Brecht


#enough #good #life #living #miserable

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


— Bertolt Brecht


#compared #founding #robbing

What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.


— Bertolt Brecht


#else #expect #good #here #know

Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong.


— Bertolt Brecht


#great virtues #sign #something #sure #sure sign

You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.


— Bertolt Brecht


#god #insured #more #need #pray






About Bertolt Brecht

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Did you know about Bertolt Brecht?

He did short sketches in which he played refractory employees orchestral musicians or photographers who hated their employers and made them look ridiculous. At school in Augsburg he met Caspar Neher with whom he formed a lifelong creative partnership Neher designing many of the sets for Brecht's dramas and helping to forge the distinctive visual iconography of their epic theatre. In 1930 Brecht married Weigel; their daughter Barbara Brecht was born soon after the wedding.

A theatre practitioner of the 20th century Brecht made contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production the latter through the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble – the post-war theatre company operated by Brecht and his wife long-time collaborator and actress Helene Weigel.

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