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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.

George Takei

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 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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Camp Life Myself People
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.
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Character Fantasy Story
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
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
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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Connection Imagination Leadership Purpose Society
It’s really hard to hate someone for being different when you’re too busy laughing together.
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Busy Different Hard Hate Laughter Togetherness Yourself
I’m a preservationist, I believe in preserving history intact, but I also enjoy the technological advances which have been made.
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Advance Believe Enjoyment History Myself Preserve Technology
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 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.
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Action Myself Politics President Silence Word
Should any terrorist strike or act of war occur in which American lives are lost, we must be on guard for any attempt by the government to turn that tragedy into justification for sweeping action.
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Act Action Strike Terrorism Tragedy War
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
To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.
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Block Need Theatre Time Yourself
This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we’re not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there.
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Democracy Manipulation Participation People System
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
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

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