Bertolt Brecht Quotes

The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.

Bertolt Brecht

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: February 10, 1898 - August 14, 1956

Topics

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I've been writing since I was sixteen. At first, I wrote mostly short stories and poetry. The first thing I ever had published was a poem about a football game. It was printed in my local newspaper.

Jerry Spinelli

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My family used to call me an oversized kid and I think that's pretty accurate in some ways.

Jeremy Lin

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Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward.

Andrea Thompson

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My mom is elderly, and she's not doing too well, and I've literally never told her about 'Childrens Hospital,' because I fear that if she ever sees it, it will be like the coup de grace.

Megan Mullally

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I think people should be protected from being made to feel that they want to know what somebody famous had for breakfast.

John Hurt

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I would like for my kids to at least have some familiarity with who I am: 'It's the man from TV!'

Steve Carell

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Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.

Rita Dove

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When I'm using the Internet, I have 25 tabs open, and even if somebody sends me... something interesting, odds are I'll forget about it, or it'll get kind of lost in the shuffle.

Robin Sloan

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It's not necessary with your friends to discuss something you know you will disagree profoundly on.

Ruth Rendell

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It was a phenomenon I noticed many years ago. Young people were just giving up every bit of information about themselves they could.

Rush Limbaugh

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The Williams girls compete extremely hard on court because they hate losing - it's just that they haven't played an awful lot of tennis over the years.

Martina Navratilova

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I've been a printmaker and designed objects. I've done 500 posters.

Milton Glaser

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