George Takei
Related I know my destiny. I was born into animosity, bigotry and hatred. We had water for white folks, and ... JOE FRAZIER BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON We should be thankful we don't live in Louisiana, Mississippi or Alabama. LISA SMITH It's a little known blood sport that's been around for 25 years, mostly practiced in South Carolina,... JOHN GOODWIN GENE RODDENBERRY I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES My prayers are with the people in New Orleans, Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia, DON HARRISON We have direct communications with Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Washington, D.C., at all time... HOWARD BUTT I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attentio... NANCY SINATRA We are contacting various riders and their sponsors to ask them to bring a few extra things with the... TIM COTTER FAYE WATTLETON There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. W... EDWARD JAMES OLMOS “Love is not to be discovered but felt.It is brewing in air across universe.One needs only open ey... ANUJ SOMANY An American or European composer, for example, now has access to the music of various Asian, African... GEORGE CRUMB This tragedy didn't hit Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. It hit America. AVERY JOHNSON Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember... MICHAEL ERIC DYSON The American Library Association (ALA) is saddened by the tragic loss of life and widespread damage ... MICHAEL GORMAN GEORGE NOORY What it says is George W. Bush is beyond not popular in the African-American community. He is dislik... JAY CAMPBELL This is the first opportunity that we've had in three decades to have a white mayor in a majority Af... BRIAN BROX We've had some difficult times around here as a result of hurricanes in the past, but nothing like w... SANDRA TAYLOR MALCOLM X MAYA ANGELOU NATASHA TRETHEWEY I really wanted to be born a woman. It all started there. A South American woman. And I'm upset ... FISHER STEVENS OLIVER TAMBO Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans. XAVIER BECERRA A 23-year-old white media planner can't be expected to know what African Americans want. Madison Ave... EARL GRAVES Despite this horrific tragedy and temporary setback, Southern Baptists in Alabama, Mississippi and L... BOBBY WELCH BOB RILEY AARON SPELLING He recovered and showed himself a leader, particularly during Katrina. Alabama escaped the chaos wit... BYRDIE LARKIN Gosnell is African American, and there is a persistent myth that serial killers are all white men. B... ANN MCELHINNEY EDWARD ZWICK In the wake of this disaster, the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida should know ... BILL FRIST People who don't know what it's like to be an African American don't understand that it's OK, ... I ... JACQUELINE WOODSON He was an African boy who was all-American. BRUCE TURNER BARBRA STREISAND I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the... ANITA HILL We proposed this when I was insurance commissioner, but you couldn't get the Alabama Legislature and... BILL NELSON MAYA ANGELOU DWAYNE JOHNSON Well, I think to see American troops in an American city is, you know, the sum of all of our fears, ED ZWICK Some people had doubts about an African-American woman leading the congregation, but it just took on... KEVIN LYMAN NIKKI HALEY Approximately 40 percent of our African-American teachers were hired in the last five years. And for... DOUG YOUNG CORY BOOKER I was the first African-American woman to play Maggie in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' It was at ... TAMARA TUNIE When USA gets ripped apart by hurricanes, it tries to rip apart another country mostly an Asian, Afr... APURVA GAGLANI Now i know what it feels like being Ryan Bingham ARIEL SERAPHINO I grew up in Florida in different cities. I was born in Mississippi. My parents moved a lot, so I mo... DIPLO Hurricane Katrina has devastated the lives of victims in four of the SEC's states, Alabama, Florida,... MIKE SLIVE MARK KIRK TRACY MORGAN In the beginning it was all black and white. MAUREEN O'HARA RICHARD CARLSON I had intended to have gone into Africa incognito. But the fact that a white man, even an American, ... HENRY MORTON STANLEY JAY LENO She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING You can't tell me there aren't places to save a penny or two on the dollar and ship it to relief in ... JEB HENSARLING TESS GERRITSEN JOHN LEWIS As an African-American, I know all too well the negative thoughts and feelings hatred and bigotry ca... TIM HARDAWAY JEAN GENET We are pleased to have this opportunity to work with Mr. Williams and continue efforts in assisting ... DANIEL PEARL If it were in our national security to deploy to South Africa under apartheid, would we have found i... MARTHA MCSALLY V.C. ANDREWS UNKNOWN NANCY GIBBS We have been contacted by several member schools that already have enrolled students from Alabama, L... JOHN STEWART This show has exceeded expectations every year. People come from as far away as Louisiana and Alabam... LINDA PIPER She is the first African-American vice president we have ever hired. BRAD DEAN HELEN THOMAS If we have a job opening and we get a good applicant from Louisiana, Mississippi or Alabama with sol... DAVID SHARP TOM LANTOS ROBERT MUGABE There's no question that O.J. Simpson had been a substitute white man in America. He had gained ... MICHAEL ERIC DYSON We had challenges, and we met those challenges. We did so for the citizens of Louisiana and Mississi... BOB MCKEE African-American males are where we are shortest. KATHLEEN SMITH Except for the American woman, nothing interests the eye of the American man more than an automobile... ALFRED HAMILTON BARR Jimmy Boggs was born in a little town called Marion Junction, Alabama, where there were as many pigs... GRACE LEE BOGGS JIM BROWN I met an American woman and got married so I had to get a job. WALTER WAGER JOHN GREEN Originally it written with a bunch of African American students but it was a little soft and I didn�... BILL GERBER MANDY HALE FRANCINE RIVERS MICHAEL STIPE JIMMY CARTER It is doubly important for African American women to pay attention to heart disease and stroke risk ... ANJANETTE FERRIS GINA GREENLEE The party needs him and, for all I know, the nation needs him. There hasn't been an African-American... STEPHEN HESS MARIE-CHANTAL CLAIRE We are not doing a food drive this year, but all of our funds are going to The Salvation Army's in L... HEATHER TAYLOR DANIEL LIBESKIND The African American community is so under-served in the entertainment industry. LANCE REDDICK I'm very excited. This is a great situation for me. I'm back in Alabama. I'm back in the Gulf South ... BOBBY WALLACE MICHAEL KORDA How come there are so many murders in the African-American community? What other place can you get a... ADREINNE YOUNG This is how to understand America. So having the Museum of African American History and Culture on t... LONNIE BUNCH
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The yield spread is making Tre... AKIRA TAKEI The long end of the curve is very cheap. We are maintaining our long duration position in Treasuries... AKIRA TAKEI Durable goods orders tend to be a more prominent leading indicator. I expect a weaker number, so I a... AKIRA TAKEI Durable goods order tends to be a more prominent leading indicator. I expect a weaker number, so I a... AKIRA TAKEI Home prices are moderating, inventories are rising and affordability is heading south. The market wi... AKIRA TAKEI The housing sector is still weakening and it is a cause of concern for investors. I am keeping my lo... AKIRA TAKEI One more rate increase may be enough for the U.S. economy. AKIRA TAKEI We are seeing some bottom-fishing going on as some investors take advantage of yields at these level... AKIRA TAKEI The weakness in the housing market is going to prevail, and that is a harbinger of things to come fo... AKIRA TAKEI We are still keeping our bullish view on Treasuries. We expect to see Treasury yields peak soon. AKIRA TAKEI These are attractive levels to get back into the market, and we are anticipating a good performance ... AKIRA TAKEI I'm planning to accumulate more Treasuries. Higher oil prices are going to depress consumption. It's... AKIRA TAKEI It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. GEORGE GEORGE SAND GEORGE SAND GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE BURNS GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE CARLIN GEORGE LOIS GEORGE CARLIN GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE ELIOT GEORGE CARLIN GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE CARLIN I miss all of my old friends who have passed away. 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Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burde... 
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When we say Afro American, we include everyone in the Western Hemisphere of African descent. South A... 
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In the early 1970s in Atlanta, I attended what had formerly been an all-white school but had become ... 
I can see quite clearly that if there was a single event that launched me on the road to ultimate in... 
It was devastating, but in comparison to what they had in southern Mississippi and Louisiana, it kin... 
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I think to see American troops in an American city is, you know, the sum of all of our fears. 
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The white American man makes the white American woman maybe not superfluous but just a little kind o... 
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I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conserv... 
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There was a lot of feeling that with an African-American president, life on the South Side of Chicag... 
You gotta understand, my great-grandfather was German and Irish. My grandmother was Indian, and my g... 
Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. 
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Obama is not an African American president, but a president of all Americans. It doesn't matter ... 
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Fool! Never wait on a man! Let him wait on himself! 
A Dutchman was explaining the red, white, and blue Netherlands flag to an American. "Our flag is sy... 
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He called out to his fellow monks,'Come quickly I am tasting stars. 
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Were you there?”
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The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on. 
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