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Confidence in the human capacity for problem solving, for invention, for innovation.

George Takei

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
STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.
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Belief Future Positive Vision
Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but they became part of my normal landscape. What would be abnormal in normal times became my normality in camp.
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Camp Machine Myself Normal Remember Time
Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.
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Demand History Marketing
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.
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Blood Certain Father Goodness Ideal People Suffering Understand
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
Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy… Vote!
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Citizenship Duty Galaxy Vote
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
Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.
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Food Life Order Short Sweet
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
Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season.
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Cancel Play Season Series
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
To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.
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Block Need Theatre Time Yourself
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
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
Our differences in beliefs do not truly separate us, or elevate us over others. Rather, they highlight the rich tapestry that is humanity.
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Belief Difference Humanity Rich Separate True

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