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" I have a sister who is technophobic; she doesn't even use a computer. "
George Takei
Sister
Use
Even
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" We have to remember that Putin was a member of the KGB. He has already demonstrated that kind of macho, dictatorial attitude. Russia has breached their pledge to uphold the Olympic charter. This is a great opportunity for the IOC to say we cannot, given the situation that exists currently, allow the Olympics to take place in Russia. "
George Takei
Opportunity
Great
Attitude
" I intend to live life, not just exist. "
George Takei
Life
Just
Live Life
" We are living in a science fiction world. "
George Takei
Science Fiction
Science
World
" I love people. When you're engaged with society and trying to make it a better society, you're an optimist. "
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You
Make
Love
" When Pearl Harbor was bombed, young Japanese-Americans, like all young Americans, rushed to their draft board to volunteer to fight for our country. That act of patriotism was answered with a slap in the face. We were denied service and categorized as enemy non-alien. "
George Takei
Enemy
Fight
Face
" It's safe to assume none of us actually wants to see ISIS-inspired terrorists armed with semi-automatic rifles, able to attack at will within our own borders. "
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See
Attack
Own
" We can't let the past be forgotten. "
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Forgotten
Past
" Our democracy is dependent on people who passionately cherish the ideals of a democracy. Every man is created equal with an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It's a wonderful idea, and it takes people who cherish that idea to be actively involved in the process. "
George Takei
Man
Democracy
Happiness
" Those Tea Party people are crazy. I mean, they're lunatics. They close down the government, throw people out of their jobs - hundreds of thousands of people - and they say that they're doing it ultimately in the interest of creating jobs. "
George Takei
People
Tea
Crazy
" There's no point living at my age with many ingrained great fears. "
George Takei
Age
Fears
Many
" You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young. "
George Takei
Two
Young
You
" Following the Orlando attack, ISIS claimed the attacker as one of its own and called for even more such killings worldwide. "
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More
Attack
Own
" I am the grandson of immigrants from Japan who went to America, boldly going to a strange new world, seeking new opportunities. My mother was born in Sacramento, California. My father was a San Franciscan. They met and married in Los Angeles, and I was born there. "
George Takei
Mother
Father
America
" It has long been a dream of mine that this important story one day would be told on the great American stage of Broadway. In fact, I've dedicated much of the latter half of my life to ensuring the story of the internment is known. "
George Takei
Day
Life
American
" In many ways, my decision to come out changed the course not only of my personal life but of my professional one as well. "
George Takei
Personal
Decision
Life
" When Brad and I got married in 2008, it got a lot of attention. And all the attention was over the fact that we were two men, but people were hardly conscious of the fact that we were entering into an interracial marriage. That's wonderful, because it was only 50 years ago with Loving v. Virginia that interracial marriages were made legal. "
George Takei
Legal
People
Marriage
" 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 Takei
Something
Shameful
Out
" Arguments that we will never stop all shootings by restricting access to such weapons fails to account for our strong and common desire at least to stop many of them - or any of them. "
George Takei
Never
Never Stop
Stop
" In the United States, we have a large, broad middle that are decent, fair-minded people who are too busy to really think about issues other than their next paycheck. Those are the people that we want to get to in order to change the social climate. And Howard Stern has that audience. So I said, 'Let's boldly go where I've never been before.' "
George Takei
Change
Said
Think
" ISIS itself regularly fuels hatred of gay people and violence towards them. It broadcasts gruesome executions of homosexuals thrown blindfolded from rooftops. "
George Takei
Violence
Hatred
People
" When billionaires can give $50 million, $500 million to a campaign, and there's no limit, then it makes a mockery of 'one man, one vote.' "
George Takei
Limit
Campaign
Mockery
" It'd be nice to be what they call a Renaissance man. "
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Renaissance
Man
Be Nice
" Humor is a powerful tool, and some of these politicians are so far out and easy to lampoon. They just provide such delicious opportunity. "
George Takei
Opportunity
Powerful
Humor
" 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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My Life
People
More
" 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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Will
Democracy
People
" I think being optimistic is ensuring your success. If you start out saying 'I've got this problem,' or 'I'm angry at that,' you will not succeed. "
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Succeed
Success
Think
" It's difficult working with someone who is not a team player. "
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Someone
Working
Difficult
" I'm a chairman on the Board of Governors for the East-West Players, the longest-running Asian-American theater company in America. "
George Takei
Players
Company
America
" Radio dramas have disappeared. What we do have now is books on tape, which I find wonderful. I've done some of those. Otherwise, radio acting is now gone. "
George Takei
Done
Radio
Acting
" Up until the time I was cast in 'Star Trek,' the roles were pretty shallow - thin, stereotyped, one-dimensional roles. I knew this character was a breakthrough role, certainly for me as an individual actor but also for the image of an Asian character: no accent, a member of the elite leadership team. "
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Time
Leadership
Me