Theodore Bikel Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Theodore Bikel quotes and sayings page 2 (deceased actor born on May 2, 1924). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 64 we have for him.
“'Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.”
“I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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?”
“I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.”
“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.”
“For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles.”
“I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.”
“I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.”
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