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But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.
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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Vienna
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Theodore Meir Bikel
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I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
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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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Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.
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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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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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Audiences are audiences.
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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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I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.
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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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I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.
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I always sang, I always acted, I always played.
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