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 TAKEII think we learn more from those times in our history where we stumbled as a democracy than we learn from the glorious chapters.
More George Takei Quotes
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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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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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I’m a civic busybody and I’ve been blessed with an active career.
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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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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, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.
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Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.
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Facebook itself has an interest in having great content so that its users keep coming back.
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I’ve run the marathon several times, so I definitely don’t look like the Great Ancestor!
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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.
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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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You know, when a man is raped you never hear about what he was wearing.
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Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood.
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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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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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We have to be vigilant about how the Trump administration may try to divide us from each other.
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The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.
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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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Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy… Vote!
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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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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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My memories of camp – I was four years old to eight years old – they’re fond memories.
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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.
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Unfriending me when I didn’t even know we were friends? It’s like breaking wind when you’re home alone. If I can’t smell you, knock yourself out.
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Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.
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