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Theodore Bikel Quotes: Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general.
         

Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general.


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No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.



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Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?



I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.

I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.



I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.



By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul.

By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul.



I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.

I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.



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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.



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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.



No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations.

No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations.



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.

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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