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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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy… Vote!
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Citizenship Duty Galaxy Vote
I’ve run the marathon several times, so I definitely don’t look like the Great Ancestor!
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Appearance Greatness Marathon Myself Run Time
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
STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.
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Belief Future Positive Vision
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
The large majority of faith-based people are decent, fair-minded people. We should not characterize people of faith as the adversaries of GLBT equality.
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Adversity Character Equality Faith Mindset People
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
Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.
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Food Life Order Short Sweet
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

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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