George Takei on camp
George Takei45 quotes“My memories of camp – I was four years old to eight years old – they’re fond memories.”
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As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.
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George TakeiGeorge Takei 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 TakeiGeorge Takei 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 TakeiGeorge Takei 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.
George TakeiGeorge Takei I’m a civic busybody and I’ve been blessed with an active career.
George TakeiGeorge Takei Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.
George TakeiGeorge Takei Confidence in the human capacity for problem solving, for invention, for innovation.
George TakeiGeorge Takei We have to be vigilant about how the Trump administration may try to divide us from each other.
George TakeiGeorge Takei 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.
George TakeiGeorge Takei 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.
George TakeiGeorge Takei Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy… Vote!
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George TakeiGeorge Takei 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.
George TakeiGeorge 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.
George TakeiGeorge Takei Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season.
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We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
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While my life shifts from refugee camps to red carpets, I choose them both because these worlds can, in fact, coexist. And for me, they must.
Meghan MarkleMeghan Markle You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.
George TakeiGeorge Takei I’ve always tried to be independent. It’s just my personality. I’ve always been the type to motivate the camp. I’ve always wanted to be the fuel for something—for music, the fuel for my family, the fuel for my best friend. Helping someone with what I’m doing.
Rita OraRita Ora 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 TakeiGeorge 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.
George TakeiGeorge Takei 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.
George TakeiGeorge Takei When I was a little girl in a refugee camp I’ve always imagined being a model and so much more.
Nyakim GatwechNyakim Gatwech Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps.
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