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As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.
Theodore Bikel
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Theodore Bikel
Age: 91 †
Born: 1924
Born: May 2
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
Actor
Businessperson
Film Actor
Musician
Politician
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Trade Unionist
Vienna
Austria
Theodore Meir Bikel
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But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.
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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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You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them.
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If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.
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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.
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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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It's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.'
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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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Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?
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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.
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I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.
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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.
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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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'Visiting Mr. Green' is a good play. I enjoy being in it, and I have a wonderful colleague, Aidan deSalaiz, to work with. Audiences like it a lot. What's not to like?
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I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.
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No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.
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In my world, history comes down to language and art.
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I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.
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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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Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.
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