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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.

George Takei

Our differences in beliefs do not truly separate us, or elevate us over others. Rather, they highlight the rich tapestry that is humanity.
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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.
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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 need to take our passion and effect real change at the local, state, and federal levels, to help elect progressive leaders, and to stem the tide of division, fear and scapegoating.
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Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.
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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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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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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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Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.
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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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STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.
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What’s needed today, now, more than ever, is ‘Star Peace’ for there is an ominous, mutual threat to all science fiction. It’s called ‘Twilight’. And it is really, really bad.
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Confidence in the human capacity for problem solving, for invention, for innovation.
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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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Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy… Vote!
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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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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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