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

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" When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the audience. "

" We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task. "

" 'Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really. "

" In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace. "

" It's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.' "

" I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I am first, and foremost, an actor. That's what I am. To me, a song is a mini-drama. My musical ability informs the actor as well because it gives me a sense of timing that non-musicians don't have. So, one hand washes the other. "

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

" One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism and acts of punishing terrorism. It has not happened that way. "

" I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all. "

" I don't speak out because I am an actor nor will I keep silent because I am an actor. I respect my profession, but it endows me with no special privileges; but it also does not limit me or muzzle me. I am a person and a citizen with the attendant responsibilities of voice and vote. "

" An actor is supposed to emulate life. Instead, alas, many are imitating other actors. You don't fashion your knowledge of theatre or your approach to a role on the basis of what other actors have done. This kind of thinking is a great danger, especially in dealing with TV producers who frequently say things like, 'This is a Sean Connery type.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them. "

" 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. "

" I always sang, I always acted, I always played. "

" 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. "

" As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. "

" The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before. "

" I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent. "

" You learn more from the flops than from the hits. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route. "

" Every actor wants to direct. "