But when we came out of camp, that’s when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.
GEORGE TAKEIWhat’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.
More George Takei Quotes
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Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season.
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As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.
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I’m a preservationist, I believe in preserving history intact, but I also enjoy the technological advances which have been made.
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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.
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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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My memories of camp – I was four years old to eight years old – they’re fond memories.
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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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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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I’ve run the marathon several times, so I definitely don’t look like the Great Ancestor!
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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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We must remind ourselves that an assault on any one of our liberties and freedoms is an assault on all.
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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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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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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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Nothing is what it seems on the surface of Heroes.
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