George Takei Quotes
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.
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The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
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Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.
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My favorite thing is to have a big dinner with friends and talk about life.
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My stories are Alaska stories, and they need to be told in Alaska. Evergreen Films is located in Alaska; the company does amazing work, and I am thrilled at the prospect of working together.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
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Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the same jokes in a different order and then have a little prayer that I won't be met by silence.
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I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.
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I've always had a thing for old movies, old Hollywood. I've always just loved watching Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo. In all of those old movies from the '40s and '50s, women put themselves together so well, with a little bit of drama and elegance. That was fascinating to me growing up.
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In middle school, I had an '87 Regal. That was unheard of.
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Everybody has their idiosyncrasies.
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This scepticism is the same scepticism I heard a generation ago in the USSR when few thought that a democratic transformation behind the iron curtain was possible.
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My junior high was dreadful. I see a lot of my fellow alumni on America's Most Wanted.
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There's the same percentage of genius happening in both genders, but there's less women writing scripts and out there looking for the job.
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I like writing for teenagers because they're not snobs.
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I don't go out of the way to take special care of myself.
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There is overwhelming bipartisan support outside of Washington that we need to finally secure our borders, enforce our laws, and stop the problem of illegal immigration.
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Although there's a lot of focus on the Lib Dems, we need to keep our eyes on the far right of the Tories, who I suspect will become increasingly impatient in their appetite for tax cuts, deregulation and shrinking the state even further.
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I try to keep my eyes open as much as I can, like there are so many things, everyday is so different from each others and so the еще open Ты can be the еще inspiration Ты can get for song-writing.
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Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.
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In a lifetime there are only a few people you can work with... where you can trust each other and push each other in different directions.
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When you mutilate movies for mass media, you tamper with the hearts and minds of America.
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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.
