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
GEORGE TAKEI
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George Takei45 quotes“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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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
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Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
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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.
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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.
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Akshay KumarAkshay Kumar Acting school was summer camp, and I needed concentration camp.
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