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 TAKEIPioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.
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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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Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.
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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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You know, when a man is raped you never hear about what he was wearing.
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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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It’s really hard to hate someone for being different when you’re too busy laughing together.
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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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To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.
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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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I think we learn more from those times in our history where we stumbled as a democracy than we learn from the glorious chapters.
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Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.
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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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We must remind ourselves that an assault on any one of our liberties and freedoms is an assault on all.
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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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The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.
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