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" I am not, and have never been, in favor of boycotting Israel. "
Theodore Bikel
Been
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" I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go. "
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" I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family. "
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" In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace. "
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" The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before. "
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" I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation. "
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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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" No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations. "
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" 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. "
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" I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder. "
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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. "
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" 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? "
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" 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. "
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" It's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.' "
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" 'Visiting Mr. Green' is a good play. I enjoy being in it, and I have a wonderful colleague, Aidan deSalaiz, to work with. Audiences like it a lot. What's not to like? "
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" When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the audience. "
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" Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route. "
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" Accents. I'm very good with accents. I'm exceedingly good. "
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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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" I glory in the fact that a human being has multiple talents and exercises them all with a degree of integrity and artistic proficiency. That's what I do. "
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" 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. "
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" No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language. "
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" You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition. "
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" 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.' "
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