Theo: An Autobiography
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“Accents. I'm very good with accents. I'm exceedingly good.”
“In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace.”
“It's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.'”
“I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.”
“When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the audience.”
“We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.”
“I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.”
“Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?”
“I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.”
“No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.”
“You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them.”
“As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.”
Source: Theo: An Autobiography
“I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.”
“No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation.”