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Confidence in the human capacity for problem solving, for invention, for innovation.

George Takei

I’m a preservationist, I believe in preserving history intact, but I also enjoy the technological advances which have been made.
GEORGE TAKEI

Advance Believe Enjoyment History Myself Preserve Technology
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.
GEORGE TAKEI

Action Myself Politics President Silence Word
You know, when a man is raped you never hear about what he was wearing.
GEORGE TAKEI

Clothes Man Rape Yourself
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 TAKEI

Camp Life Myself People
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.
GEORGE TAKEI

Aware Citizenship Life Passion Theatre
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.
GEORGE TAKEI

Act Action Strike Terrorism Tragedy War
Confidence in the human capacity for problem solving, for invention, for innovation.
GEORGE TAKEI

Capacity Confidence Innovation Invention Problem
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.
GEORGE TAKEI

Economics Head Hope Move Planet Suffering
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.
GEORGE TAKEI

Ethics Faith Hurt Law Moral People Religion True Yourself
To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.
GEORGE TAKEI

Block Need Theatre Time Yourself
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.
GEORGE TAKEI

Character Fantasy Story
You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.
GEORGE TAKEI

Age Camp Growth Myself Time Young
Our differences in beliefs do not truly separate us, or elevate us over others. Rather, they highlight the rich tapestry that is humanity.
GEORGE TAKEI

Belief Difference Humanity Rich Separate True
Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season.
GEORGE TAKEI

Cancel Play Season Series
I’ve run the marathon several times, so I definitely don’t look like the Great Ancestor!
GEORGE TAKEI

Appearance Greatness Marathon Myself Run Time
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.
GEORGE TAKEI

Difference Diversity Face Humanity Ourselves Wonder

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