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 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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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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STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.
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If you have to make laws to hurt a group of people just to prove your morals and faith, then you have no true morals or faith to prove.
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The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.
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Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.
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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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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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It’s really hard to hate someone for being different when you’re too busy laughing together.
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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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Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.
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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.
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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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We must remind ourselves that an assault on any one of our liberties and freedoms is an assault on all.
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Confidence in the human capacity for problem solving, for invention, for innovation.
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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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As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.
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Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy… Vote!
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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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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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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.
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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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Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season.
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I have two passions in my life. One is to raise the awareness of the internment of Japanese-American citizens. My other passion is the theater.
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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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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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