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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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Theodore Bikel
Age: 91 †
Born: 1924
Born: May 2
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
Actor
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Vienna
Austria
Theodore Meir Bikel
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I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
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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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The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before.
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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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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 remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.
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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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You learn more from the flops than from the hits.
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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 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.
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