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And it seems to me important ...

And it seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know about its glorious achievements but also to know where its ideals failed, in order to keep that from happening again.

George Takei 48 quotes

People want to start their da...

People want to start their day off with a smile or, better yet, a guffaw.

George Takei 48 quotes

I have two passions in my lif...

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. And I've been able to wed the two passions.

George Takei 48 quotes

I was four years old when Pea...

I was four years old when Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941 by Japan, and overnight, the world was plunged into a world war. America suddenly was swept up by hysteria.

George Takei 48 quotes

It will be written on my tomb...

It will be written on my tombstone in very large letters, 'Here lies Hikaru Sulu,' and in very tiny letters, 'aka George Takei.' I don't protest the inevitable.

George Takei 48 quotes

But when we came out of camp,...

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 48 quotes

This is supposed to be a part...

This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there.

George Takei 48 quotes

When Pearl Harbor was bombed,...

When Pearl Harbor was bombed, young Japanese-Americans, like all young Americans, rushed to their draft board to volunteer to fight for our country. That act of patriotism was answered with a slap in the face. We were denied service and categorized as enemy non-alien.

George Takei 48 quotes

We were American citizens. We...

We were American citizens. We were incarcerated by our American government in American internment camps here in the United States. The term 'Japanese internment camp' is both grammatically and factually incorrect.

George Takei 48 quotes

I thought this convention phe...

I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it.

George Takei 48 quotes

Plays close, movies wrap and ...

Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season.

George Takei 48 quotes

My father told me about Ameri...

My father told me about American democracy. And he said you have to be actively engaged in the political process to make our democracy work. So I've been doing that my entire life. Civil rights movement. The peace movement during the Vietnam conflict. The movement to get an apology and redress for Japanese-Americans.

George Takei 48 quotes

I may not have trekked throug...

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 48 quotes

Gene Roddenberry continually ...

Gene Roddenberry continually reminded us that the Star Trek Enterprise was a metaphor for starship Earth. And the strength in this starship came from its diversity, coming together and working in concert as a team. That is the strength of our countries, Canada and the United States. We are nations of diversity.

George Takei 48 quotes

I've been an activist since m...

I've been an activist since my late teens. I take this very seriously and try to use the gift that's been given to me - access to the media - as positively as I can.

George Takei 48 quotes

My memories of camp - I was f...

My memories of camp - I was four years old to eight years old - they're fond memories.

George Takei 48 quotes

Well, it gives, certainly to ...

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 48 quotes

When Arnold Schwarzenegger ve...

When Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the same-sex marriage bill, my blood was boiling. I had been silent, but that night, Brad and I watched the news and saw all these young people pouring out on Santa Monica Boulevard venting their rage, and I said, 'I have to speak out.'

George Takei 48 quotes

I do think that Japan will be...

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 48 quotes

They didn't incarcerate the J...

They didn't incarcerate the Japanese-Americans in Hawaii. That's the place that was bombed. But the Japanese-American population was about 45 percent of the island of Hawaii. And if they extracted those Japanese-Americans, the economy would have collapsed. But on the mainland, we were thinly spread out up and down the West Coast.

George Takei 48 quotes

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....