“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.”

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.

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.

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.

We must remind ourselves that an assault on any one of our liberties and freedoms is an assault on all.

Our differences in beliefs do not truly separate us, or elevate us over others. Rather, they highlight the rich tapestry that is humanity.

Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.

Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.

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.

You know, when a man is raped you never hear about what he was wearing.

I think we learn more from those times in our history where we stumbled as a democracy than we learn from the glorious chapters.

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.

The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.

Facebook itself has an interest in having great content so that its users keep coming back.

It’s really hard to hate someone for being different when you’re too busy laughing together.

STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.

As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.

Hustling is putting every minute and all your effort into achieving the goal at hand.

When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable.

Success is when you try to achieve your inward vision externally and have it come off the way you see it. Then YOU feel successful about it; that’s how success is measured.

When you’re trying to achieve a goal, negative people will just bring you down. Surround yourself with the positive.

If you pour your heart into your work, or into any worthy enterprise, you can achieve dreams others may think impossible.

The incredible brand awareness and bottom-line profits achievable through social media marketing require hustle, heart, sincerity, constant engagement, long-term commitment, and most of all, artful and strategic storytelling.

The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.

To achieve the impossible, you need to first develop the mindset that it’s probable. Please don’t allow the current limits of your life define your future reality. You deserve so much better. And the world deserves your best.