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Grub first, then ethics.

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Bertolt Brecht
Age: 58 †
Born: 1898
Born: February 10
Died: 1956
Died: August 14
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Kreisfreie Stadt Augsburg
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Pei-tʻo-erh-tʻe Pu-lai-hsi-tʻe
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First
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Eating
Food
Grub

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