Theodore Bikel

Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know? ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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Every actor wants to direct. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles. ↗

— 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. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it to be wrong. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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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. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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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. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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