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George Takei quotes: Social media affords me an opportunity to interact with fans on a daily basis, not just for a few seconds apiece at a science-fiction convention. Social media affords me an opportunity to interact with fans on a daily basis, not just for a few seconds apiece at a science-fiction convention.
George Takei quotes: Nothing is what it seems on the surface of Heroes. Nothing is what it seems on the surface of Heroes.
George Takei quotes: They claim they did all this because they love me, but I must say, I've never been loved in such a bizarre fashion. They claim they did all this because they love me, but I must say, I've never been loved in such a bizarre fashion.
George Takei quotes: As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the activism of the fans that revived it for a third season. As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the activism of the fans that revived it for a third season.
George Takei quotes: To characterize all Muslims as terrorists is fear-mongering of the worst kind. To characterize all Muslims as terrorists is fear-mongering of the worst kind.
George Takei quotes: There's no point living at my age with many ingrained great fears. There's no point living at my age with many ingrained great fears.
George Takei quotes: I have a sister who is technophobic; she doesn't even use a computer. I have a sister who is technophobic; she doesn't even use a computer.
George Takei quotes: Cultural icons stand the test of time because they speak to our deeper convictions and ignite our dreams. Cultural icons stand the test of time because they speak to our deeper convictions and ignite our dreams.
George Takei quotes: I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career. I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career.
George Takei quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I love being an actor. I love being an actor.
George Takei quotes: It's difficult working with someone who is not a team player. It's difficult working with someone who is not a team player.
George Takei quotes: Would-be terrorists cannot so much as board a plane without a thorough screening, yet we give them nearly unfettered access to very dangerous weapons. Would-be terrorists cannot so much as board a plane without a thorough screening, yet we give them nearly unfettered access to very dangerous weapons.
George Takei quotes: A man who layeth with another man must be stoned. A man who layeth with another man must be stoned.
George Takei quotes: In many ways, my decision to come out changed the course not only of my personal life but of my professional one as well. 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 quotes: I may not have trekked through the galaxies in reality. But I have trekked all over this planet: Australia, Asia, Latin America, Europe. I may not have trekked through the galaxies in reality. But I have trekked all over this planet: Australia, Asia, Latin America, Europe.
George Takei quotes: It's important for all Americans to know how vulnerable our Constitution is. It's important for all Americans to know how vulnerable our Constitution is.
George Takei quotes: I discovered that funny animal pictures - memes - would get a lot of likes and shares. I discovered that funny animal pictures - memes - would get a lot of likes and shares.
George Takei quotes: Every time we had a hot war going on in Asia, it was difficult for Asian Americans here. Every time we had a hot war going on in Asia, it was difficult for Asian Americans here.
George Takei quotes: They're the best critics. Workshops are good, and drama teachers are fine, but the best is the audience. And even better if they're paying! They're the best critics. Workshops are good, and drama teachers are fine, but the best is the audience. And even better if they're paying!
George Takei quotes: It's really hard to hate someone for being different when you're too busy laughing together. It's really hard to hate someone for being different when you're too busy laughing together.
George Takei quotes: We are living in a science fiction world. We are living in a science fiction world.
George Takei quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Facebook itself has an interest in having great content so that its users keep coming back. Facebook itself has an interest in having great content so that its users keep coming back.
George Takei quotes: I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor! I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor!
George Takei quotes: You know, when a man is raped you never hear about what he was wearing. You know, when a man is raped you never hear about what he was wearing.
George Takei quotes: I was blessed with my career. I passionately love acting. And it's given me a good livelihood. I was blessed with my career. I passionately love acting. And it's given me a good livelihood.
George Takei quotes: But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful. 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 quotes: Dramatic shows are the ones that I am attracted to. Dramatic shows are the ones that I am attracted to.
George Takei quotes: Happily, the days when overt racial discrimination and segregation were championed by social conservatives are long past. Happily, the days when overt racial discrimination and segregation were championed by social conservatives are long past.
George Takei quotes: As my audience grew more diverse, I started interjecting social justice advocacy and commentaries about LGBT equality, and it just kept growing more. As my audience grew more diverse, I started interjecting social justice advocacy and commentaries about LGBT equality, and it just kept growing more.
George Takei quotes: I love people. When you're engaged with society and trying to make it a better society, you're an optimist. I love people. When you're engaged with society and trying to make it a better society, you're an optimist.
George Takei quotes: One of the gifts of 'Star Trek' is my professional work colleagues have become my lifelong friends. One of the gifts of 'Star Trek' is my professional work colleagues have become my lifelong friends.
George Takei quotes: 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. 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.
George Takei quotes: My memories of camp - I was four years old to eight years old - they're fond memories. My memories of camp - I was four years old to eight years old - they're fond memories.
George Takei quotes: Your Egnlish is so atrocious I don't feel the need to even respond' seems but a long-winded way of saying, 'Home-schooled dumbass. Your Egnlish is so atrocious I don't feel the need to even respond' seems but a long-winded way of saying, 'Home-schooled dumbass.
George Takei quotes: Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy ... Vote! Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy ... Vote!
George Takei quotes: Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert. Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.
George Takei quotes: As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places. As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.
George Takei quotes: Humor is a powerful tool, and some of these politicians are so far out and easy to lampoon. They just provide such delicious opportunity. 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 quotes: Our democracy is a people's democracy, and it can be as great as people can be, but it is also as fallible as people are. Our democracy is a people's democracy, and it can be as great as people can be, but it is also as fallible as people are.
George Takei quotes: People are interested not just in Sulu, but George Takei - and he's gay. Life is full of twist and turns. People are interested not just in Sulu, but George Takei - and he's gay. Life is full of twist and turns.
George Takei quotes: More importantly, the tweet was funny. Come on, it's funny. More importantly, the tweet was funny. Come on, it's funny.
George Takei quotes: If you don't know who Eleanor Rigby is, you probably were born after 1985 and need to listen to some real music. If you don't know who Eleanor Rigby is, you probably were born after 1985 and need to listen to some real music.
George Takei quotes: I'm a chairman on the Board of Governors for the East-West Players, the longest-running Asian-American theater company in America. 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 quotes: Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand. Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.
George Takei quotes: I think we learn more from those times in our history where we stumbled as a democracy than we learn from the glorious chapters. I think we learn more from those times in our history where we stumbled as a democracy than we learn from the glorious chapters.
George Takei quotes: 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. 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.
George Takei quotes: Turkey Bacon. It's like saying "shoot" instead of "shit." It just doesn't quite carry the moment. Turkey Bacon. It's like saying "shoot" instead of "shit." It just doesn't quite carry the moment.
George Takei quotes: If you have to make laws to hurt a group of people just to prove your morals and faith, then you have no true morals or faith to prove. If you have to make laws to hurt a group of people just to prove your morals and faith, then you have no true morals or faith to prove.
George Takei quotes: We need to get some rationality on the Second Amendment. This is crazy what we allow ourselves. We need to get some rationality on the Second Amendment. This is crazy what we allow ourselves.
George Takei quotes: Following the Orlando attack, ISIS claimed the attacker as one of its own and called for even more such killings worldwide. Following the Orlando attack, ISIS claimed the attacker as one of its own and called for even more such killings worldwide.
George Takei quotes: The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance. The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.
George Takei quotes: Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season. Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season.
George Takei quotes: Gene Roddenbury felt that television was being wasted. That it had the potential for enlightenment and even inspiration. Gene Roddenbury felt that television was being wasted. That it had the potential for enlightenment and even inspiration.
George Takei quotes: I'm proud of my relationship with 'Star Trek'! 'Star Trek' is a show that I am philosophically compatible with. I'm proud of my relationship with 'Star Trek'! 'Star Trek' is a show that I am philosophically compatible with.
George Takei quotes: I'm an anglophile. I visit England regularly, sometimes three or four times a year, at least once a year. I'm an anglophile. I visit England regularly, sometimes three or four times a year, at least once a year.
George Takei quotes: 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. 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.
George Takei quotes: I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King. I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King.
George Takei quotes: I think my whole life has been shaped by my childhood incarceration in America's concentration camps. I think my whole life has been shaped by my childhood incarceration in America's concentration camps.
George Takei quotes: 'Star Trek' is about acceptance, and the strength of the Starship Enterprise is that it embraces diversity in all its forms. 'Star Trek' is about acceptance, and the strength of the Starship Enterprise is that it embraces diversity in all its forms.
George Takei quotes: I intend to live life, not just exist. I intend to live life, not just exist.
George Takei quotes: To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time. To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.
George Takei quotes: It'd be nice to be what they call a Renaissance man. It'd be nice to be what they call a Renaissance man.
George Takei quotes: STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive. STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.
George Takei quotes: I do find things funny. When you see life through the eyes of someone with a good sense of humor, which my grandmother did, life is a human comedy. I do find things funny. When you see life through the eyes of someone with a good sense of humor, which my grandmother did, life is a human comedy.
George Takei quotes: The starship Enterprise was a metaphor starship Earth, and the vision was that the strength of this starship lay in its diversity. The starship Enterprise was a metaphor starship Earth, and the vision was that the strength of this starship lay in its diversity.
George Takei quotes: Cats, on the other hand, are similar to Vulcans - dispassionate, contemplative and pointy-eared. Cats, on the other hand, are similar to Vulcans - dispassionate, contemplative and pointy-eared.
George Takei quotes: It kills me to hear Donald Trump talking. It kills me to hear Donald Trump talking.
George Takei quotes: Young people today, for example, often watch live television (if they watch it live at all) with both the TV and their laptops or tablet devices on. Young people today, for example, often watch live television (if they watch it live at all) with both the TV and their laptops or tablet devices on.
George Takei quotes: We can't let the past be forgotten. We can't let the past be forgotten.
George Takei quotes: 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. 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 quotes: The wonderful thing about acting is they're always going to need old codgers! The wonderful thing about acting is they're always going to need old codgers!
George Takei quotes: I do think that Japan will be one of the nations that have equality, and that, too, will serve as an example for other Asian nations. I do think that Japan will be one of the nations that have equality, and that, too, will serve as an example for other Asian nations.
George Takei quotes: People want to start their day off with a smile or, better yet, a guffaw. People want to start their day off with a smile or, better yet, a guffaw.
George Takei quotes: What is important is the reliability of my posts being there to greet my fans with a smile or a giggle every morning. That's how we keep on growing. What is important is the reliability of my posts being there to greet my fans with a smile or a giggle every morning. That's how we keep on growing.
George Takei quotes: You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young. You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.
George Takei quotes: Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval. Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.
George Takei quotes: 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.' 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 quotes: When I was a very young actor, I cruised around in a pretty cool vehicle called the Starship Enterprise. When I was a very young actor, I cruised around in a pretty cool vehicle called the Starship Enterprise.
George Takei quotes: I'm George Takei, and I'm straight ... up asking you to vote. I'm George Takei, and I'm straight ... up asking you to vote.
George Takei quotes: I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it. I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it.
George Takei quotes: Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats. Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.
George Takei quotes: As with the douchebags of the world, calling an asshole an asshole sometimes is exactly what needs to happen. As with the douchebags of the world, calling an asshole an asshole sometimes is exactly what needs to happen.
George Takei quotes: The arc of our history is toward more equality being expanded to more and more people. The arc of our history is toward more equality being expanded to more and more people.
George Takei quotes: The Russians are taunting the IOC with the homophobic laws that they pass. The Russians are taunting the IOC with the homophobic laws that they pass.

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