No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation.

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As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.

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But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.

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I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder.

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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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You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.

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Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all peoples.

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No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations.

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We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory.

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I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

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