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

George Takei

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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It’s really hard to hate someone for being different when you’re too busy laughing together.
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Busy Different Hard Hate Laughter Togetherness Yourself
Our differences in beliefs do not truly separate us, or elevate us over others. Rather, they highlight the rich tapestry that is humanity.
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We need to take our passion and effect real change at the local, state, and federal levels, to help elect progressive leaders, and to stem the tide of division, fear and scapegoating.
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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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Confidence in the human capacity for problem solving, for invention, for innovation.
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I’m a civic busybody and I’ve been blessed with an active career.
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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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Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy… Vote!
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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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Bad Day Fantasy Need Peace Science Stardom
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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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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The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.
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As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.
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Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.
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