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 TAKEIAnd it seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know about its glorious achievements but also to know where its ideals failed, in order to keep that from happening again.
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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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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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It’s really hard to hate someone for being different when you’re too busy laughing together.
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The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.
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Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.
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You know, when a man is raped you never hear about what he was wearing.
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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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STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.
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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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We must remind ourselves that an assault on any one of our liberties and freedoms is an assault on all.
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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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This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we’re not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there.
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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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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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And it seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know about its glorious achievements but also to know where its ideals failed, in order to keep that from happening again.
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