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George Takei Quotes

I remembered some people who lived across the street from our home as we were being taken away. When I was a teenager, I had many after-dinner conversations with my father about our internment. He told me that after we were taken away, they came to our house and took everything. We were literally stripped clean.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: April 20, 1937

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Father Home People Me House Street

My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night.

John Philpot Curran

I Am Doctor Night You Say Been

Competition leads both drug companies and private regulators to be trustworthy. If they are not trustworthy, they die.

Competition Die Trustworthy Both

My younger brother will remember that he received a transistor radio for Christmas. I took it apart and it never worked again.

Brother Remember Christmas Never He

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

Work Hard Work Chance True Why Hard

It's very easy to make a movie that confirms the worst in us.

Easy Worst Us Make Movie Very

When I first got to college, in my mind, I was going to end up playing professional football. When I tell people this story, they always end up laughing, and I chuckle about it at my own expense. I was a big fan of American football; I played in high school, and I ended up earning the opportunity to play in college.

Opportunity Football School Mind End

I could work with anybody. This is why we need more veterans in Congress.

Work Congress Veterans Why Need

I just umpire. That's what I've done. That's all I can do. I'm one of the fortunate ones on God's earth. I found what God meant for me to do. People ask if I like working home plate best. I just want to be between the white lines. That's where I belong, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Home God Best People Me Earth

Once we played for the Princess of Monaco in Paris. We were the biggest ducks ever, wearing rented tuxedos. We trashed the party, took a bunch of girls and champagne in limos underneath the Eiffel Tower, and set up an acoustic show. It was like a Hilary Duff movie.

Party Princess Paris Champagne Tower

If people say, 'You can't do that,' you can be sure I will do my utmost to do it.

Cornelia Parker

People You Say Will People Say Sure

The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.

Football Game Strategy Tactics

It is never wise to try to appear to be more clever than you are. It is sometimes wise to appear slightly less so.

William Whitelaw

Wise You Sometimes Clever Try Never

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