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" My memories of camp - I was four years old to eight years old - they're fond memories. "
George Takei
Four
Camp
Old
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" At the core of 'Star Trek' is Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future. So much of science-fiction is about a dystopian society with human civilization having crumbled. He had an affirmative, shining, positive view of the future. "
George Takei
Future
Positive
Society
" I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career. "
George Takei
Been
Active
Career
" 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 intend to live life, not just exist. "
George Takei
Life
Just
Live Life
" 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. "
George Takei
Succeed
Success
Think
" It was an egregious violation of the American Constitution. We were innocent American citizens, and we were imprisoned simply because we happened to look like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor. It shows us just how fragile our Constitution is. "
George Takei
American
People
Innocent
" 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
" The best way to get people to connect with an issue is to humanize it. You can do so much more powerfully with music and touch the heart. "
George Takei
You
Best
Heart
" The Russians are taunting the IOC with the homophobic laws that they pass. "
George Takei
Laws
Russians
Homophobic
" My grandmother lived to 104 years old, and part of her success was she woke up every morning to a brand new day. She said every morning is a new gift. Her favorite hobby was collecting birthdays. "
George Takei
New Day
Day
Gift
" 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
" 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
" I'm optimistic, and I have a lot of goals. And I obey the laws of nature: I eat, exercise, and rest properly. But mostly it's about keeping the mind engaged. My grandmother lived to 104, and she had all of her faculties. I'm physically active and devout - just not as Buddhistic as she was. "
George Takei
Exercise
She
Rest
" I'm especially concerned about the future of this country, because I'm concerned about the gay people of the future. We need to ensure their good life by registering to vote. "
George Takei
Good
Vote
People
" I was blessed with my career. I passionately love acting. And it's given me a good livelihood. "
George Takei
Acting
Blessed
Career
" Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season. "
George Takei
Three
Season
Get
" I'm particularly impressed by the creation of the character of Spock, which really was Leonard Nimoy's singular creation. He used everything he had. "
George Takei
Everything
Character
Creation
" I discovered that funny animal pictures - memes - would get a lot of likes and shares. "
George Takei
Lot
Likes
Pictures
" Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand. "
George Takei
Market
History
Star
" The central pillar of our justice system is due process. You have got to be charged with a crime. Then you can challenge those charges in a court of law with a trial. "
George Takei
Process
Justice
Challenge
" I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor! "
George Takei
Look
Times
Run
" I'm George Takei, and I'm straight... up asking you to vote. "
George Takei
Asking
You
Vote
" Gene Roddenbury felt that television was being wasted. That it had the potential for enlightenment and even inspiration. "
George Takei
Potential
Enlightenment
Television
" I'm an actor. I love acting and being able to use my love, my passion, to also contribute to making this a better society, a better democracy, and a better country. "
George Takei
Love
Democracy
Actor
" When I was a teenager, the biggest heartthrob was Tab Hunter. He was in every movie out of Warner Bros. until he was exposed as gay, and his career faded. That was an object lesson. I knew I must protect my sexual orientation. "
George Takei
He
Gay
Lesson
" We are living in a science fiction world. "
George Takei
Science Fiction
Science
World
" 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. "
George Takei
People
Family
Country
" This political climate today reminds me of what my father must have gone through in 1942, when the winds of war and fires of hate were surrounding him. We have a candidate for the presidency of the United States, Donald Trump, using the same rhetoric that my father must have heard from elected officials. "
George Takei
War
Me
Father
" I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King. "
George Takei
Fly
King
Then
" Dramatic shows are the ones that I am attracted to. "
George Takei
I Am
Am
Attracted