Theodore Bikel

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Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out.
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You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them.
All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.
I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.
All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.
In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace.
Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?
I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.
In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event.
As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.
On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away.
Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.

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