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Theodore Bikel

"After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could."

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"After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could."

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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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"You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy on films. You're working for a laugh that may or may not come six months later, but you're working in a vacuum at the time you are doing it."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival?"
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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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"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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"I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone."
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