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I was blessed with my career. I passionately love acting. And it's given me a good livelihood.

~George Takei

Topics: Acting Blessed Career Given Good Livelihood Love Me Passionately

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I'm especially concerned about the future of this country, because I'm concerned about the gay people of the future. We need to ensure their good life by registering to vote.

~George Takei

Topics: About Because Concerned Country Ensure Future Gay Good Good Life Life Need People Vote

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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

Topics: Audience Best Better Critics Drama Even Fine Good Paying Teachers Workshops

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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

Topics: Came Canada Coming Concert Continually Countries Diversity Earth Enterprise Gene Metaphor Nations Our Reminded Star Star Trek States Strength Team Together Trek United United States Us Working

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We have to remember that Putin was a member of the KGB. He has already demonstrated that kind of macho, dictatorial attitude. Russia has breached their pledge to uphold the Olympic charter. This is a great opportunity for the IOC to say we cannot, given the situation that exists currently, allow the Olympics to take place in Russia.

~George Takei

Topics: Allow Attitude Cannot Charter Currently Exists Given Great Great Opportunity He Kind Macho Member Olympic Olympics Opportunity Place Pledge Putin Remember Russia Say Situation Take Uphold We Cannot Kgb

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In the United States, we have a large, broad middle that are decent, fair-minded people who are too busy to really think about issues other than their next paycheck. Those are the people that we want to get to in order to change the social climate. And Howard Stern has that audience. So I said, 'Let's boldly go where I've never been before.'

~George Takei

Topics: About Audience Been Before Boldly Broad Busy Change Climate Decent Get Go Issues Large Middle Never Next Order Other Paycheck People Really Said Social States Stern Than Think Those Too United United States Want Where Who

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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

Topics: About Bombed Coast Collapsed Down Economy Hawaii Island Out Percent Place Population Spread Those Up Up And Down Were West West Coast Would

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I'm an anglophile. I visit England regularly, sometimes three or four times a year, at least once a year.

~George Takei

Topics: England Four Least Once Once A Year Regularly Sometimes Three Times Visit Year

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

~George Takei

Topics: Camp Eight Fond Fond Memories Four Memories Old Years

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I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King.

~George Takei

Topics: Back Fly King Luther Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Met Musical Then

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: April 20th, 1937

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