Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out.
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Audiences are audiences.
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I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew.
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The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before.
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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.
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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.
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I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
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