I myself am a Buddhist, not a Christian. But I cannot help but think that if Christ ran a public establishment, it would be open to all, and He would be the last to refuse service to anyone. It is, simply put, the most un-Christian of notions.
GEORGE TAKEIThe 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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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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We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity.
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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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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.
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And it seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know about its glorious achievements but also to know where its ideals failed, in order to keep that from happening again.
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You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.
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You know, when a man is raped you never hear about what he was wearing.
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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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STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.
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We must remind ourselves that an assault on any one of our liberties and freedoms is an assault on all.
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Nothing is what it seems on the surface of Heroes.
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If leadership requires a fired-up sense of purpose and imagination, it also demands a profound connection to the society to be led.
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My memories of camp – I was four years old to eight years old – they’re fond memories.
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Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.
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Confidence in the human capacity for problem solving, for invention, for innovation.
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