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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.

George 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.
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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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I’m a civic busybody and I’ve been blessed with an active career.
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As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.
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I’ve run the marathon several times, so I definitely don’t look like the Great Ancestor!
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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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STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.
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Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.
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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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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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Facebook itself has an interest in having great content so that its users keep coming back.
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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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The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.
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Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.
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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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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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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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