“Every day, to earn my daily bread
I go to the market where lies are bought
Hopefully
I take up my place among the sellers.”

— Bertolt Brecht

"Hollywood" (1942)
quoted in Poems, 1913-1956, p. 382
Poems, 1913-1956 (1976)

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German poet, playwright, theatre director 1898–1956

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