Theodore Bikel

Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all peoples. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is mine. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the audience. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#fully #mixture #modernity #need #order

You learn more from the flops than from the hits. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#hits #learn #more #than #you

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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