Archive for January, 2012

Jan 30 2012

moment of Brecht 1/29/2012

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There are times when you have to choose between being a human being and having good taste

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Jan 29 2012

“…reckless, and risk-seeking, but smart, smart-alecky, and fun…”

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The words in the title are used by MSNBC host Chris Hayes to describe the men working directly under General Stanley McChrystal in Afghanistan, as characterized by Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings. The open contempt for the President expressed by these men caused President Obama to relieve McChrystal of his command. But Hayes could just […]

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Jan 29 2012

on translation (interview excerpt #2)

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Jan 28 2012

moment of Brecht 1/28/2012

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Don’t rejoice in his defeat, you men. For though the world stood up and stopped the Bastard, the Bitch that bore him is in heat again.

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Jan 28 2012

moment of Brecht 1/27/2012

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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 threepenny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.

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Jan 27 2012

moment of Brecht 1/26/2012

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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart. –Bertolt Brecht – Garga, in In the Jungle of Cities (Im Dickicht der Städte (1923)

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Jan 26 2012

Interview Excerpt: On the Bonds of War

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This is an excerpt from an interview with me about Uranium Madhouse’s upcoming production of A Man’s A Man.

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Jan 25 2012

moment of #Brecht 1/25/2012

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Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.

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Jan 25 2012

moment of Brecht 1/24/2012

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For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run his legs off to keep them from being stolen out from underneath him.

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Jan 24 2012

moment of Brecht 1/24/2012

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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

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