LeVar Burton Quotes

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• For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.

  LeVar Burton

  Mean, Literacy, Individual

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• As long as we are engaged in storytelling that moves the culture forward, it doesn't matter what format it is.

  LeVar Burton

  Moving, Long, Culture

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think reading is part of the birthright of the human being

  LeVar Burton

  Reading, Thinking, Birthright

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• Libraries do one thing that no other institution does and that's provide access to all.

  LeVar Burton

  Library, Doe, Institutions

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• In a society that functions optimally, those who can should naturally want to provide for those who can't. That's how it's designed to work. I truly believe we're here to take care of one another.

  LeVar Burton

  Believe, Care, Want

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• I fly my geek flag proudly. Absolutely.

  LeVar Burton

  Flags, Geek

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Maturity is a series of shattered illusions.

  LeVar Burton

  Maturity, Illusion, Shattered

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• I'm enormously proud of the fact that Star Trek has really not just sparked an interest, but encouraged, a few generations of people to go into the sciences.

  LeVar Burton

  Stars, People, Generations

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Reading a hard copy book, and reading a book on an iPad are slightly different experiences. What they both have in common though is that you must engage your imagination in the process.

  LeVar Burton

  Book, Reading, Ipads

  "Levar Burton launches the "Next generation" reading rainbow app... And returns to 'community'!" by Alex Zalben, www.mtv.com. June 20, 2012.

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• After many years of training myself, strong emotions are now a trigger for me to look at something. I think that all emotions are triggers for us to grow in our level of consciousness.

  LeVar Burton

  Spiritual, Strong, Thinking

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• If we marry educational technology with quality, enriching content, that's a circle of win.

  LeVar Burton

  Educational, Winning, Technology

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I genuinely believe we have an opportunity to revolutionize how we educate our children.

  LeVar Burton

  Children, Believe, Opportunity

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There would be no Star Trek unless there were transporter malfunctions.

  LeVar Burton

  Stars, Would Be, Malfunction

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

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• Kids are sponges. They will emulate what they see and what they're exposed to.

  LeVar Burton

  Kids, Sponges, Exposed

  "LeVar Burton's App at the End of the Rainbow". The Root Interview, www.theroot.com. April 08, 2012.

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• We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.

  LeVar Burton

  Children, Sacrifice, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• All literature is political.

  LeVar Burton

  Creativity, Political, Literature

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

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• For me, a good children's book is a good children's book is a good children's book.

  LeVar Burton

  Children, Book, Children's Books

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The unvarnished truth is that we have spent the last decade funding the machinery of war, and our children have been sacrificed.

  LeVar Burton

  Children, War, Lasts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We have an amazing advantage right now in that we have developed technology that is so sexy, so engaging for kids.

  LeVar Burton

  Sexy, Kids, Technology

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I get most of my news updates from electronic and social media.

  LeVar Burton

  Media, News, Updates

  "LeVar Burton on Bringing 'Reading Rainbow'—the TV Show of Your Childhood—to the Tech of Today". Interview with Benjamin Jackson, www.theatlantic.com. June 20, 2012.

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• It's definitely true that there are a lot of the devices we used on 'Star Trek,' that came out the imagination of the writers, and the creators that are actually in the world today.

  LeVar Burton

  Stars, Imagination, World

  "Levar Burton launches the "Next generation" reading rainbow app... And returns to 'community'!" by Alex Zalben, www.mtv.com. June 20, 2012.

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• I'm excited to see how current and future technologies revolutionize the way we learn.

  LeVar Burton

  Technology, Way, Excited

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You can break down anything for a child, and you have to know what your child is ready for and what your child is not.

  LeVar Burton

  Children, Breaking Down, Ready

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I've always been interested in gadgets and technology and I've always been a reader.

  LeVar Burton

  Technology, Gadgets, Reader

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• That's not a role you prepare for. There's no preparation. You don't have time to prepare for the reading of an audiobook. You do the reading of an audiobook in basically two days' time - an unabridged version, maybe three days.

  LeVar Burton

  Reading, Two, Preparation

  Source: www.avclub.com

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