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LeVar Burton

(1957) Film Director United States

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LeVar Burton is a film director from the United States, best known for Howie & Wyatt.

Quick Facts About LeVar Burton

Born: February 16, 1957
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Director
Notable works: Howie & Wyatt
Known for: Reading Rainbow, LeVar Burton Reads, Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation

About LeVar Burton

Levardis Robert Martyn Burton is an American actor, director, and television host. He played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) and Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots (1977), and was the host of the PBS Kids educational television series Reading Rainbow for 23 years (1983–2006). Burton received 12 Daytime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award as host and executive producer of Reading Rainbow.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

The Ember Award Daytime Emmy Award National Humanities Medal NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Ignyte Award for Best Fiction Podcast

Quotes by LeVar Burton

Kids are sponges. They will emulate what they see and what they're exposed to.

Children

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Maturity is a series of shattered illusions.

Aging

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I fly my geek flag proudly. Absolutely.

Flags

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There would be no Star Trek unless there were transporter malfunctions.

Malfunction

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We have an amazing advantage right now in that we have developed technology that is so sexy, so engaging for kids.

Advantage

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I want to live in an America where we are able to marshal all the resources we have at our disposal and…

Able

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Yeah. I do. I think that we have to continue to expand the areas in which we want our kids to be…

Areas

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If we marry educational technology with quality, enriching content, that's a circle of win.

Circles

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Libraries do one thing that no other institution does and that's provide access to all.

Access

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We want a book to be a book. We'll have all the interactive bells and whistles but our intent is to engage…

Bells

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Human beings are the laziest creatures in the history of creation. We would rather not do anything if we could avoid it

History

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We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the…

Children

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We had to figure out how to produce books in a cost-effective way.

Book

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I genuinely believe we have an opportunity to revolutionize how we educate our children.

Believe

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As long as we are engaged in storytelling that moves the culture forward, it doesn't matter what format it is.

Culture

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With the technology of tablet computers, if we bring the right content to them and distribute them ubiquitously throughout the land, we…

America

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It is no longer appropriate for me as an American to sit by and expect my government to get it done.

American

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I have always been a fan of 'Star Trek.' I love Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future.

Astronomy

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I'm excited to see how current and future technologies revolutionize the way we learn.

Currents

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I get most of my news updates from electronic and social media.

Media

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All literature is political.

Books

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It's definitely true that there are a lot of the devices we used on 'Star Trek,' that came out the imagination of…

Creator

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For me, a good children's book is a good children's book is a good children's book.

Book

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I think reading is part of the birthright of the human being

Birthright

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Jim Carrey can do anything he wants, right? There are guys like that. I'm not one of those guys, so my career…

Can do

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