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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.
Theodore Bikel
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Theodore Bikel
Age: 91 †
Born: 1924
Born: May 2
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
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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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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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I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.
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John Huston was the kind of director that totally left you alone. Not every actor always does it right, every time, but most of the time he was re-directing someone. He was making tight adjustments, and not even in terms of interpretation because he knew that by the time that the character had been filmed... well, he got it right when he cast you.
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I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
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I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.
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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 remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew.
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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 am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.
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I glory in the fact that a human being has multiple talents and exercises them all with a degree of integrity and artistic proficiency. That's what I do.
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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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No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.
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I always sang, I always acted, I always played.
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On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away.
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