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

Quote by Theodore Bikel

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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...

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...

What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that...

What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that...

Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered...

Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered...

I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a...

I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a...

By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform,...

By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform,...

You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy...

You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy...

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...

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.

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

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

I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.

I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.

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...

Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of...

Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of...

Every actor wants to direct.

Every actor wants to direct.

I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and...

I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...