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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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" I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the Jewish song is better than the song of my neighbor. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

" 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.' "

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

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

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

" I created the role of Captain Von Trapp. "

" I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family. "

" I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it to be wrong. "

" 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. "

" For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Accents. I'm very good with accents. I'm exceedingly good. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" '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? "

" Audiences are audiences. "