“The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her.”
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Bertolt Brecht (German dramatist)
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Born : February 10, 1898
Died : August 14, 1956
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was a German poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer whose epic theatre departed from the conventions of theatrical illusion and developed the drama as a social and ideological forum for leftist causes.
During this period he also developed a violently antibourgeois attitude that reflected his generation’s deep disappointment in the civilization that had come crashing down at the end of World War I. Among Brecht’s friends were members of the Dadaist group, who aimed at destroying what they condemned as the false standards of bourgeois art through derision and iconoclastic satire. The man who taught him the elements of Marxism in the late 1920s was Karl Korsch, an eminent Marxist theoretician who had been a Communist member of the Reichstag but had been expelled from the German Communist Party in 1926.
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Born : February 10, 1898
Died : August 14, 1956
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was a German poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer whose epic theatre departed from the conventions of theatrical illusion and developed the drama as a social and ideological forum for leftist causes.
During this period he also developed a violently antibourgeois attitude that reflected his generation’s deep disappointment in the civilization that had come crashing down at the end of World War I. Among Brecht’s friends were members of the Dadaist group, who aimed at destroying what they condemned as the false standards of bourgeois art through derision and iconoclastic satire. The man who taught him the elements of Marxism in the late 1920s was Karl Korsch, an eminent Marxist theoretician who had been a Communist member of the Reichstag but had been expelled from the German Communist Party in 1926.
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"Don't expect...to satisfy the habits of the audience, but
to change them."
to change them."
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"In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change."
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"The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears
nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He
doesn't seem to know that the cost of living, the price
of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on
political decisions. He even prides himself on his
political ignorance, sticks out his chest and says he
hates politics. He doesn't know, the imbecile, that from
his political non-participation comes the prostitute,
the abandoned child, the robber and, worst of all,
corrupt officials."
nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He
doesn't seem to know that the cost of living, the price
of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on
political decisions. He even prides himself on his
political ignorance, sticks out his chest and says he
hates politics. He doesn't know, the imbecile, that from
his political non-participation comes the prostitute,
the abandoned child, the robber and, worst of all,
corrupt officials."
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"Crisis takes place when the old has not died and the new has still not been born."
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"Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a
hammer with which to shape it."
hammer with which to shape it."
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"There are men who struggle for a day and they
are good. There are men who struggle for a year
and they are better. There are men who struggle
many years, and they are better still. But there are
those who struggle all their lives: These are the
indispensable ones."
are good. There are men who struggle for a year
and they are better. There are men who struggle
many years, and they are better still. But there are
those who struggle all their lives: These are the
indispensable ones."
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there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I'm not going
to let anybody see
you.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he's
in there.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you?
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I'm not going
to let anybody see
you.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he's
in there.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you?
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Björk
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Born : 21 November, 1965
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is an iconic singer‑songwriter, producer, and actress known for her fearless creativity, genre-defying music, and environmental activism.
Released her first album at age 11—a collection of folk and pop covers.
Björk starred in Lars von Trier’s Dancer in the Dark (2000), a tragic musical drama for which she won the Best Actress Award at Cannes and received a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. Despite acclaim, the experience was emotionally taxing, and she has since focused more on music and performance art.
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Born : 21 November, 1965
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is an iconic singer‑songwriter, producer, and actress known for her fearless creativity, genre-defying music, and environmental activism.
Released her first album at age 11—a collection of folk and pop covers.
Björk starred in Lars von Trier’s Dancer in the Dark (2000), a tragic musical drama for which she won the Best Actress Award at Cannes and received a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. Despite acclaim, the experience was emotionally taxing, and she has since focused more on music and performance art.
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"I realized I could have an easy life…just have a glass of Cognac and good books and two jobs and do my songs in the evening, but I would be such a consumer, taking it all in and not giving anything back. I thought: Ok…if I don’t go on a mission now and make some sacrifices, as these people did, I will never forgive myself."
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"I think it is an interesting feeling when you get older and you realize there is no 'they,' there’s no government or elders, there’s no one you can point at and blame. You’ve actually got to become that person."
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"You can kill people with sound...and if you can kill, maybe there is the sound that is the opposite of killing?"
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"After tragedies one has to invent a new world, knit it or embroider, make it up...you have to imagine something that doesn't exist and dig a cave into the future and demand
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"We go through changes roughly every three years, sometimes seven, where our colour palette changes and how we feel changes…the aroma or the textures…the lightness or darkness around us shifts."
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