George Takei Quotes - Page 2

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• As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.

  George Takei

  Fans, Old Saying

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• We have to be vigilant about how the Trump administration may try to divide us from each other.

  George Takei

  Trying, May, Administration

  Source: www.signature-reads.com

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• The real challenge in acting is in comedy. It's easier to get that gasp in a drama. Not easy, because you still have to find that emotional pitch. And when you do something in drama and you hear that sob from the audience it's so fulfilling. But as a comic actor, when the laugh is supposed to come and you punch in that line and nothing happens it is dreadful. It's horrific and you feel like dying right there.

  George Takei

  Real, Drama, Emotional

  "IGN Interview: George Takei". Interview with Travis Fickett, www.ign.com. May 1, 2007.

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• I am emboldened, not cowed, by the words and actions of Trump and his circle. I believe many others are as well. Together we will stand in opposition. I'm not going anywhere, and I won't be silenced.

  George Takei

  Believe, Circles, Together

  Source: www.signature-reads.com

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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.

  George Takei

  Country, Father, Blood

  "CJAD" with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. November 21, 1994.

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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.

  George Takei

  Twilight, Character, Vampire

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• We need to take our passion and effect real change at the local, state, and federal levels, to help elect progressive leaders, and to stem the tide of division, fear and scapegoating.

  George Takei

  Real, Passion, Leader

  Source: www.signature-reads.com

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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.

  George Takei

  Firsts, Camps, Shameful

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  George Takei

  Home, Wind, Smell

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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.

  George Takei

  Moving, Suffering, Today

  Source: www.scifiheaven.net

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• If leadership requires a fired-up sense of purpose and imagination, it also demands a profound connection to the society to be led.

  George Takei

  Profound, Imagination, Connections

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• Well, you know, I do think in the larger span of things, I owe it all to Star Trek, because Star Trek has given me this pop icon status if you will, and one of the gifts have been this megaphone I have which amplifies my voice and I can reach people. And I do think the movement for equality for LGBT Americans is in the same context of all of the great American movements, you know, the basic fundamental ideals of this country of justice and equality.

  George Takei

  Country, Stars, Thinking

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• I was involved in the civil rights movement way back in the late '50s and through the '60s and '70s. I was doing a civil rights musical here in Los Angeles and we sang at one of the rallies where Dr. Martin Luther King spoke, and I remember the thrill I felt when we were introduced to him. To have him shake your hand was an absolutely unforgettable experience. Even before I could vote, I was involved in the political arena.

  George Takei

  Political, Musical, Civil Rights

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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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.

  George Takei

  Passion, Two, Citizens

  Source: www.esquire.com

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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.

  George Takei

  Names, People, Association

  Source: progressive.org

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• What's needed today, now, more than ever, is 'Star Peace' for there is an ominous, mutual threat to all science fiction. It's called 'Twilight'. And it is really, really bad.

  George Takei

  Stars, Twilight, Fiction

  "George Takei Brokers Star Peace And Calls On Star Trek And Star Wars Fans To Unite Against Twilight" by Kenji Lloyd, www.heyuguys.com. December 13, 2011.

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• To me, the amazing thing is that so much that was science fiction back then, political fiction, today is reality. We have indeed a spacecraft called an international space station. And we have the diversity of this planet working on that ship, including Americans and Russians working side by side. I think the imagineers are the ones that set the goal. And the inventors and the technicians see that as a goal to work toward, or the political scientists and the diplomats. And eventually, that's arrived at.

  George Takei

  Reality, Thinking, Space

  Source: progressive.org

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• To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.

  George Takei

  Block, Needs, Theater

  "The East West Enterprise". Interview with Kristin Friedrich, www.ladowntownnews.com. October 24, 2005.

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• Cat's are unpredictable. It is a fine line between the cure, inquisitive and innocent creature resting on our lap and the hissing, spitting and deranged banshee it might become at any moment. This is why we're trying always to win their love.

  George Takei

  Cat, Winning, Trying

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• I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career.

  George Takei

  Blessed, Careers, Busybodies

  "The East West Enterprise". Interview with Kristin Friedrich, www.ladowntownnews.com. October 24, 2005.

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• My father told me, "Don't do anything that would bring shame to the family." I was always mindful of that. When I told him I wanted to pursue a career as an actor, my father said, "Look at what you see on television at the movies, is that what you want to be doing? Do you want to make a life out of that?" And I said, "Daddy, I'm going to change it".

  George Takei

  Father, Daddy, Shame

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• The large majority of faith-based people are decent, fair-minded people. We should not characterize people of faith as the adversaries of GLBT equality.

  George Takei

  People, Majority, Should

  Source: progressive.org

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• Should any terrorist strike or act of war occur in which American lives are lost, we must be on guard for any attempt by the government to turn that tragedy into justification for sweeping action.

  George Takei

  War, Government, Tragedy

  Source: www.signature-reads.com

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• STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.

  George Takei

  Stars, Vision, Shows

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• By seeing a same-sex couple in ordinary situations, that it might make people think twice about if they have, you know, questions about acceptance of LGBT equality, it's one way to just say that, you know, 'We're members of your family and gay people are like anybody else.'

  George Takei

  Sex, Couple, Gay

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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