Source: The 48 Laws of Power
“A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.”
"Emphasis on Sport" in the Berliner Börsen-Courier (6 February 1926), as quoted in Brecht on Theatre (1964) edited and translated by John Willett.
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