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After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.
Theodore Bikel
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Theodore Bikel
Age: 91 †
Born: 1924
Born: May 2
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
Actor
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Film Actor
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Vienna
Austria
Theodore Meir 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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As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.
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Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival?
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I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings.
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While we all could agree that the Zionist ideal is alive and well, there is serious doubt whether the Zionist movement can be said to be an ongoing proposition, fragmented as its components are in ideology and in practice.
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I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.
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For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles.
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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.
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An actor is supposed to emulate life. Instead, alas, many are imitating other actors. You don't fashion your knowledge of theatre or your approach to a role on the basis of what other actors have done. This kind of thinking is a great danger, especially in dealing with TV producers who frequently say things like, 'This is a Sean Connery type.'
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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.
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I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.
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It's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.'
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But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause for celebration in Israel.
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I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent.
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I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
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I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew.
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