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Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel
Austrian Actor
Born: May 2, 1924
Died: Jul 21, 2015
Am Being Live Me World You
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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. Theodore Bikel
Word Few Given Could Written Written Word Advent Masses Read Permitted Were After Who Sermons
All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice. Theodore Bikel
Strength Justice Arrogance Strong Power Assume Too Side Moral Must Never Always Accompanied Accompanies Often Choice Use
We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task. Theodore Bikel
Hate World Live Guns Seems Terror Task Conquer Bombs
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
God Obligation Other Only Toward Know Commandment Human Human Beings Us Certain Beings Compassionate
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. Theodore Bikel
Critic Ardent Wrong Supporter Am Israel Deem Right Zionist Defender
Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know? Theodore Bikel
Knowledge Study Know Conduit Epistemology
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. Theodore Bikel
Me Culture Arrogance Pride Superior Jewish Culture Other Mine Sectarian Claim Neither Make Nor Cultures Moves Jewish
We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory. Theodore Bikel
Age Book Jews Obligatory Attachment Study After Page Special
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. Theodore Bikel
Great Grateful People Fear Omission Slight Temptation Naming Although Am Any Forgo Them Might Many Deeply
I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation. Theodore Bikel
Hope Respect Hate Oppression World Way Liberation Voice Gives Always Where Raise
I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words. Theodore Bikel
Words Cause Those Guitars Weapons Make Common Common Cause Prefer Whose
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. Theodore Bikel
Wish Would Would-Be Vanity Direct Only Like Done The Only Thing Thing
Audiences are audiences. Theodore Bikel
Audiences
I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sing about the beauty of the work I wasn't doing. Theodore Bikel
Work Beauty Would Tried Hopelessly Bored About Sing Around Doing While Worker Stand Manure Agricultural
When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the audience. Theodore Bikel
You Stillness Breath Something Audience Intake Get Moving
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. Theodore Bikel
Time You Comedy Live Films Later Months Draw Laugh Come Know Always How Audiences Doing May Six Experiences Working Your Vacuum
The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before. Theodore Bikel
Me Words Fault Before Audience Fresh Said Always Play
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. Theodore Bikel
Death Celebrate Cause Arab Arabs Israel Celebration Child Difference Children Deed Here Jewish
But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist. Theodore Bikel
Culture Field Jewish Culture Indeed Frequently Am Artist Which Toil Jewish
For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles. Theodore Bikel
Life Believe Indeed Only Firmly Democratic Principles According Any Communal Organized Jewish
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? Theodore Bikel
Survival Pride Matter Nation National France Must Both Shame Put Smaller Support Countries Understood Cultural Ireland Austria Arts Poorer Much Sweden Who
No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations. Theodore Bikel
Doubt Unity Willed No Doubt Something Mere Being Cannot Desired
Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route. Theodore Bikel
World Bookshelf Paper Perceptions Delivered Around Were Up Via Middle Century Us Route Right
While we all could agree that the Zionist ideal is alive and well, there is serious doubt whether the Zionist movement can be said to be an ongoing proposition, fragmented as its components are in ideology and in practice. Theodore Bikel
Practice Ideology Doubt Fragmented Alive Components Ongoing Could Proposition Ideal Well Said Movement Whether While Agree Serious Zionist
I am not, and have never been, in favor of boycotting Israel. Theodore Bikel
Favor Never Am Israel Been
I refuse to do shows that are narrowly constructed, that appeal to only one sentiment. I do a lot of Jewish material in front of non-Jews and a lot of non-Jewish material in front of Jews on the simple theory that the non-Jews are entitled to a glimpse of a Jewish world and the Jews are entitled to a glimpse of the world. Theodore Bikel
World Simple Entitled Sentiment Jews Only Constructed Glimpse Material Narrowly Lot Front Refuse Theory Appeal Shows Jewish
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