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Bertolt Brecht Quotes: Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
         

Love is the wish to give, not to receive.


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Don't expect the theatre to satisfy the habits of its audience, but to change them.



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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.



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Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool... Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.



Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what's left tastes bitter.

Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what's left tastes bitter.



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It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.



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Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.



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