Austrian - Actor | May 2, 1924 - July 21, 2015
We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.
Theodore Bikel
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I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.
WordsCommonWhoseWeaponsCause
I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.
I AmSurviveChanceLanguageGive
I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent.
GodPurposeKnowUsIntentClaim
I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts.
I AmWorldArtsGeneralSpecialist
You learn more from the flops than from the hits.
LearnYouMoreThanHitsFlops
I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone.
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If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.
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I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.
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Audiences are audiences.
Audiences
I always sang, I always acted, I always played.
AlwaysPlayedSangActed
I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sing about the beauty of the work I wasn't doing.
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