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You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.

George Takei

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.
GEORGE TAKEI

Establishment Help Notion Public Religion Service Simplicity Thinking
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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Advance Believe Enjoyment History Myself Preserve Technology
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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Camp Life Myself People
You know, when a man is raped you never hear about what he was wearing.
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Clothes Man Rape Yourself
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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Diversity Earth Enterprise Stardom Strength Vision
We have to be vigilant about how the Trump administration may try to divide us from each other.
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Administration Division Each Other Try
To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.
GEORGE TAKEI

Block Need Theatre Time Yourself
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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Adversity Character Equality Faith Mindset People
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.
GEORGE TAKEI

Camp Machine Myself Normal Remember Time
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
Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.
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Leadership Popular Validation
As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.
GEORGE TAKEI

Fans Love Old Place Simplicity
Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.
GEORGE TAKEI

Demand History Marketing
The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.
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Human Ignorance Philosophy Pride Worst
Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.
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Ancient Animal Cat Funny Social Media Wall Worship Writing
STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.
GEORGE TAKEI

Belief Future Positive Vision

You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.

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