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George Takei
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 20
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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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The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.
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I had a really unusual, remarkably unusual father because he, in our family, was the one that suffered the most. He was the one that explained American democracy to me. He said, ‘Our democracy is a people’s democracy and it can be as great as people can be, and it can be great… but we are also fallible human beings.’
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Good grief. If we can’t laugh at ourselves, and at one another, in good spirit and without malice, then what fun can be left? If we must withhold all ribbing in the name of protecting everyone’s feelings, then we truly are a toothless society. We will reach what I call “the lowest common denominator of butthurt.
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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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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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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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I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career.
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The word today is detained, not interred. People are being detained with no due process. They don't know what the charges are, why they're being detained. Simply because they have an Arab name or some association, but there are no charges.
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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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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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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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Nothing is what it seems on the surface of Heroes.
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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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But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.
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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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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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Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season.
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