George Takei
George Takei
George Hosato Takeiis an American actor, director, author, and activist. Takei is best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the television series Star Trek. He also portrayed the character in six Star Trek feature films and in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth20 April 1937
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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Every time we had a hot war going on in Asia, it was difficult for Asian Americans here.
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I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King.
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I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it.
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Then that did very well at the box office, so before you knew it, we were in a string of feature motion pictures. Then they announced that they were going to do some spinoffs of us.
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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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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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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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We have the history of slavery or inequality to women, and now the civil rights movement of the 21st century is the struggle for equality for the gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people. And I think it's important for Americans to know about the times that we failed.
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The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.
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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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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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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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Unfriending me when I didn’t even know we were friends? It’s like breaking wind when you’re home alone. If I can’t smell you, knock yourself out.
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Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.