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We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity.

George Takei

I myself am a Buddhist, not a Christian. But I cannot help but think that if Christ ran a public establishment, it would be open to all, and He would be the last to refuse service to anyone. It is, simply put, the most un-Christian of notions.
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Establishment Help Notion Public Religion Service Simplicity Thinking
What’s needed today, now, more than ever, is ‘Star Peace’ for there is an ominous, mutual threat to all science fiction. It’s called ‘Twilight’. And it is really, really bad.
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Bad Day Fantasy Need Peace Science Stardom
Confidence in the human capacity for problem solving, for invention, for innovation.
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Capacity Confidence Innovation Invention Problem
But when we came out of camp, that’s when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.
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Camp Identity Myself Realization Shame
I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps and that part of my life is something that I wanted to share with more people.
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Camp Life Myself People
As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.
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Fans Love Old Place Simplicity
If you have to make laws to hurt a group of people just to prove your morals and faith, then you have no true morals or faith to prove.
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Ethics Faith Hurt Law Moral People Religion True Yourself
Nothing is what it seems on the surface of Heroes.
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Hero Surface
You know, when a man is raped you never hear about what he was wearing.
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Clothes Man Rape Yourself
My memories of camp – I was four years old to eight years old – they’re fond memories.
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Camp Childhood Memories Myself
I’m a preservationist, I believe in preserving history intact, but I also enjoy the technological advances which have been made.
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Advance Believe Enjoyment History Myself Preserve Technology
There is more story in a minor character like Boba Fett than there is in all the clutter of various vampires in the Twilight franchise.
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Character Fantasy Story
I have two passions in my life. One is to raise the awareness of the internment of Japanese-American citizens. My other passion is the theater.
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Aware Citizenship Life Passion Theatre
Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy… Vote!
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Citizenship Duty Galaxy Vote
I’m a civic busybody and I’ve been blessed with an active career.
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Active Blessing Body Busy Career Myself
Today we have the economic collapse that the whole planet is suffering, but there is hope, and that’s what’s going to keep us moving ahead.
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Economics Head Hope Move Planet Suffering
Unfriending me when I didn’t even know we were friends? It’s like breaking wind when you’re home alone. If I can’t smell you, knock yourself out.
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Alone Break Friendship Home Myself
I am emboldened, not cowed, by the words and actions of Trump and his circle. I believe many others are as well. Together we will stand in opposition. I’m not going anywhere, and I won’t be silenced.
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Action Myself Politics President Silence Word
We have to be vigilant about how the Trump administration may try to divide us from each other.
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Administration Division Each Other Try
Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.
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Ancient Animal Cat Funny Social Media Wall Worship Writing
Should any terrorist strike or act of war occur in which American lives are lost, we must be on guard for any attempt by the government to turn that tragedy into justification for sweeping action.
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Act Action Strike Terrorism Tragedy War
You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.
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Age Camp Growth Myself Time Young
If leadership requires a fired-up sense of purpose and imagination, it also demands a profound connection to the society to be led.
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Connection Imagination Leadership Purpose Society
This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we’re not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there.
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Democracy Manipulation Participation People System
We must remind ourselves that an assault on any one of our liberties and freedoms is an assault on all.
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Assault Freedom Liberty Ourselves Reminder
To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.
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Block Need Theatre Time Yourself
I think we learn more from those times in our history where we stumbled as a democracy than we learn from the glorious chapters.
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Chapter Democracy Glory History Learning Thinking Time

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