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title: "5 Camps Quotes By George Takei"
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> [You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/you-know-i-grew-up-in-two-american-internment-camps-and-at-that-time/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/george-takei-4192_camps_you-know-i-grew-up-in-two-american-inter_279998.jpg)

> [My memories of camp - I was four years old to eight years old - they're fond memories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/my-memories-of-camp-i-was-four-years-old-to-eight-years-old-they-re/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcf/george-takei-4192_camp_my-memories-of-camp-i-was-four-years-old_573941.jpg)

> [Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but they became part of my normal landscape.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/yes-i-remember-the-barbed-wire-and-the-guard-towers-and-the-machine/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02e/george-takei-4192_abnormal_yes-i-remember-the-barbed-wire-and-the-g_1464396.jpg)

> [But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/but-when-we-came-out-of-camp-that-s-when-i-first-realized-that-being/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebe/george-takei-4192_camping_but-when-we-came-out-of-camp-that-s-when_2173215.jpg)

> [I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps and that part of my life is something that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/i-spent-my-boyhood-behind-the-barbed-wire-fences-of-american/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/george-takei-4192_barbed-wire_i-spent-my-boyhood-behind-the-barbed-wir_2218506.jpg)

## Other authors on Camps

## More by George Takei

> [“Sharing is an act of trust, for ridicule is an ever-present risk on the Internet today.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/sharing-is-an-act-of-trust-for-ridicule-is-an-ever-present-risk-on/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

> [“If leadership requires a fired-up sense of purpose and imagination, it also demands a profound connection to the society to be led. Like it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/if-leadership-requires-a-fired-up-sense-of-purpose-and-imagination-it/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

> [“As with the douchebags of the world, calling an asshole an asshole sometimes is exactly what needs to happen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/as-with-the-douchebags-of-the-world-calling-an-asshole-an-asshole/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

> [“But as Stephen Fry has so eloquently noted, all great atrocities and genocides first begin with marginalizing then dehumanizing a specific group of people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/but-as-stephen-fry-has-so-eloquently-noted-all-great-atrocities-and/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

> [A man who layeth with another man must be stoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/a-man-who-layeth-with-another-man-must-be-stoned/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

> [Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/well-the-whole-history-of-star-trek-is-the-market-demand/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

> [Today we have the economic collapse that the whole planet is suffering, but there is hope, and that's what's going to keep us moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/today-we-have-the-economic-collapse-that-the-whole-planet-is/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

> [You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/you-know-i-grew-up-in-two-american-internment-camps-and-at-that-time/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

> [“I began to wonder, what accounts for our collective affinity for the apocalypse? What is it about “the end” that makes it always seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/i-began-to-wonder-what-accounts-for-our-collective-affinity-for-the/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

> [“If Grumpy Cat could bring herself to actually support something, it should be a no-brainer for mere humans.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/if-grumpy-cat-could-bring-herself-to-actually-support-something-it/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

> [“And anyway, as they will say in the distant future, “Replication is the sincerest form of flattery.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/and-anyway-as-they-will-say-in-the-distant-future-replication-is-the/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

> [“I call this phenomenon “hipsterization”—when those who fancy themselves on the cutting edge dismiss the very items they had touted as cool until they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/i-call-this-phenomenon-hipsterization-when-those-who-fancy-themselves/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

> [“Cultural icons help people define who they are today because they shaped who they were as children.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/cultural-icons-help-people-define-who-they-are-today-because-they/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

> [Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy... Vote!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/do-your-duty-as-an-american-and-as-a-citizen-of-the-galaxy-vote/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

> [“I’ve recently suggested that Betty and I should do a TV series about two seniors living together in an unlikely pairing of a widow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/i-ve-recently-suggested-that-betty-and-i-should-do-a-tv-series-about/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

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