Quote by Theodore Bikel
In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares

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. – Theodore Bikel

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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. – Theodore Bikel

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

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On the stage youre there, its live. Theres a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away. – Theodore Bikel

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If we know the divine art of concentration, if we know the divine art of meditation, if we know the divine art of contemplation, easily and consciously we can unite the inner world and the outer world. – Sri Chinmoy

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What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying. – Oscar Wilde

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Life is the art of being well deceived and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. – William Hazlitt

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Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art. – Susan Sontag

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