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George Takei

"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."

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"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."

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Amber Hurdle

"I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?"

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Amber Hurdle

"What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself."

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Amber Hurdle

"I was brought up in Scotland and have always been a country person, although the town means a great deal to me, too."

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Amber Hurdle

"Well, I think I was always sort of reflecting where I was and my sense of surroundings and ecology, urban or country, or foreign, living in Europe, very affected by all of that."

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Amber Hurdle

"A multi-polar world can not exist without recognising the status and participation of developing countries."

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Amber Hurdle

"In 12 or 15 years, there will be routine, affordable space tourism not just in the U.S. but in a lot of countries."

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Amber Hurdle

"I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much."

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Amber Hurdle

"I believe that Ronald Reagan will someday make this country what it once was... an arctic wilderness."

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Amber Hurdle

"There were a number of referendums in '98 that most of the things I voted for passed. That's very satisfying when you feel that most of the country is in step with your views."

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Amber Hurdle

"I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead."

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George Takei
"Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand."

History

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George Takei
"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."

Family

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George Takei
"I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps and that part of my life is something that I wanted to share with more people."

Life

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George Takei
"But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful."

Being

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George Takei
"STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive."

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George Takei
"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."

Country

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George Takei
"I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career."

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George Takei
"To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time."

Time

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George Takei
"As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the activism of the fans that revived it for a third season."

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George Takei
"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."

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