No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation.

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...

No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot...

No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You...

You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You...

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...

I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us,...

I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us,...

I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the...

I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the...

But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I...

But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I...

I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To...

I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To...

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...

Every actor wants to direct.

Every actor wants to direct.

You learn more from the flops than you do from the hits.

You learn more from the flops than you do from the hits.

I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.

I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.

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...

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,...

Audiences are audiences.

Audiences are audiences.