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Theodore Bikel Quotes: You learn more from the flops than from the hits.
         

You learn more from the flops than from the hits.


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But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause for celebration in Israel.



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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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