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.

Quote by Theodore Bikel

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Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as...

Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as...

In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about...

In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about...

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

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

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the...

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the...

We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page...

We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page...

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

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

Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed...

Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed...

You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a...

You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a...

On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When...

On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When...

I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.

I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.

Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us...

Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us...

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

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

After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were...

After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were...

Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France,...

Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France,...

We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a...

We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a...

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on...

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on...

For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized...

For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized...

One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism...

One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism...

I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give...

I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give...

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

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