Best quotes by Theodore Bikel on World

Checkout quotes by Theodore Bikel on World

• ‟ In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event.

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

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• ‟ I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts.

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

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• ‟ 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.

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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.

  - Theodore Bikel