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

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Theodore Bikel
Age: 91 †
Born: 1924
Born: May 2
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
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I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
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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 always sang, I always acted, I always played.
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