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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 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 TAKEI

Camp Identity Myself Realization Shame
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.
GEORGE TAKEI

Aware Citizenship Life Passion Theatre
The starship Enterprise was a metaphor starship Earth, and the vision was that the strength of this starship lay in its diversity.
GEORGE TAKEI

Diversity Earth Enterprise Stardom Strength Vision
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 TAKEI

Blood Certain Father Goodness Ideal People Suffering Understand
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 TAKEI

Camp Life Myself People
We have to be vigilant about how the Trump administration may try to divide us from each other.
GEORGE TAKEI

Administration Division Each Other Try
To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.
GEORGE TAKEI

Block Need Theatre Time Yourself
Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.
GEORGE TAKEI

Food Life Order Short Sweet
Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.
GEORGE TAKEI

Ancient Animal Cat Funny Social Media Wall Worship Writing
I’m a preservationist, I believe in preserving history intact, but I also enjoy the technological advances which have been made.
GEORGE TAKEI

Advance Believe Enjoyment History Myself Preserve Technology
My memories of camp – I was four years old to eight years old – they’re fond memories.
GEORGE TAKEI

Camp Childhood Memories 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.
GEORGE TAKEI

Action Myself Politics President Silence Word
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.
GEORGE TAKEI

Character Fantasy Story
It’s really hard to hate someone for being different when you’re too busy laughing together.
GEORGE TAKEI

Busy Different Hard Hate Laughter Togetherness Yourself
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.
GEORGE TAKEI

Ethics Faith Hurt Law Moral People Religion True Yourself
Nothing is what it seems on the surface of Heroes.
GEORGE TAKEI

Hero Surface

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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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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