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.
GEORGE TAKEIThere 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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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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The starship Enterprise was a metaphor starship Earth, and the vision was that the strength of this starship lay in its diversity.
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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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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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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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My memories of camp – I was four years old to eight years old – they’re fond memories.
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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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We have to be vigilant about how the Trump administration may try to divide us from each other.
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Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.
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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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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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Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.
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It’s really hard to hate someone for being different when you’re too busy laughing together.
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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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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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