George Takei on camp
George Takei45 quotes“My memories of camp – I was four years old to eight years old – they’re fond memories.”
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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.
George TakeiGeorge Takei 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.
George TakeiGeorge Takei Cat’s are unpredictable. It is a fine line between the cure, inquisitive and innocent creature resting on our lap and the hissing, spitting and deranged banshee it might become at any moment. This is why we’re trying always to win their love.
George TakeiGeorge Takei I’m a civic busybody and I’ve been blessed with an active career.
George TakeiGeorge Takei Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.
George TakeiGeorge Takei Confidence in the human capacity for problem solving, for invention, for innovation.
George TakeiGeorge Takei We have to be vigilant about how the Trump administration may try to divide us from each other.
George TakeiGeorge Takei 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.
George TakeiGeorge Takei Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood.
George TakeiGeorge Takei Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy… Vote!
George TakeiGeorge Takei To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.
George TakeiGeorge Takei 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.
George TakeiGeorge Takei But when we came out of camp, that’s when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.
George TakeiGeorge Takei Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season.
George TakeiGeorge Takei 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.
George TakeiGeorge Takei 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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Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
Lang LeavLang Leav Just because you haven’t seen how wonderful, beautiful, and special she is, doesn’t mean no one else will.
Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
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We who survived the Camps are not true witnesses.
Primo LeviPrimo Levi I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
MitskiMitski This was an extremely difficult decision as I take great pride in representing our country. I know that I owe it to my USA Basketball teammates to be totally invested in the experience. After going through training camp with USAB.
Kevin DurantKevin Durant Root out the counter revolutionaries without mercy, lock up suspicious characters in concentration camps… Shirkers will be shot, regardless of past service.
Leon TrotskyLeon Trotsky I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.
William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman In the German concentration camps, Jews wore yellow stars while homosexuals wore pink lambdas.
Gore VidalGore Vidal Despite the hundreds of attempts, police terror and the concentration camps have proved to be more or less impossible subjects for the artist.
Al AlvarezAl Alvarez I have never believed in being part of any one group or camp.
Akshay KumarAkshay Kumar
