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 TAKEITo do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.
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To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.
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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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Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.
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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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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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You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.
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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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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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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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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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Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.
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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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Nothing is what it seems on the surface of Heroes.
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The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.
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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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