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 TAKEIWell, 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.
More George Takei Quotes
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Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.
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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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Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.
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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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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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To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.
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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 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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Nothing is what it seems on the surface of Heroes.
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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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Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.
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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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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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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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Confidence in the human capacity for problem solving, for invention, for innovation.
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