"I am determined to give the Yiddish language……" — Theodore Bikel
"I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive."
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57 Quotes by Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel has 57 quotes on this site.
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All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong.…
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No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by…
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We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.
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Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have…
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I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.
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Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that…
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Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?
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I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and…
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No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.
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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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After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read,…
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As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
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First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance…
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites…
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Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.
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