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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLeonard Nimoy, Liberal: "Get Involved"
My folks came to the United States as immigrants, aliens, and they became citizens. I was born in Boston a citizen; I went to Hollywood, and I became an alien. Spock called for exactly the kind of work I was prepared to do. He was a character with a rich and dynamic inner life half human, half Vulcan. He was the embodiment of the outsider, like the immigrants who surrounded me in my early years. How do you find your way as the alien in a foreign culture? Where does your identity and dignity come from? And how do you make a contribution?
1968:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/spocks-advice-to-a-teenage-girl-will-make-you-cry#.kf1120dlz
"Spock learned he could save himself from letting prejudice get him down. he could do this by really understanding himself and knowing his own value as a person."
"Spock learned he could save himself from letting prejudice get him down. he could do this by really understanding himself and knowing his own value as a person."
1970:
http://www.leonardnimoy.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1394:leonard-nimoy-says-get-involved&catid=23:articles-and-quotes&Itemid=11
"I supported McCarthy for President and have worked with Operation Head Start and Vista. I do what I can for Bootstrap, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Job Corps, the Peace Corps and so forth. I do as much as I can handIe."
I was really moved by the mans concern and more so by the fact that he was doing something about it.
So, l just grinned and gave him the peace sign.
"I supported McCarthy for President and have worked with Operation Head Start and Vista. I do what I can for Bootstrap, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Job Corps, the Peace Corps and so forth. I do as much as I can handIe."
I was really moved by the mans concern and more so by the fact that he was doing something about it.
So, l just grinned and gave him the peace sign.
In 2007, Nimoy donated to Barack Obamas campaign, and to Al Frankens campaign for Senate. He donated to Barbara Boxer in 2004. He gave $2,000 each to Howard Dean and John Kerry in 2004.
[font size="6"]"The miracle is this: the more we share the more we have."[/font]
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Leonard Nimoy, Liberal: "Get Involved" (Original Post)
Hissyspit
Feb 2015
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longship
(40,416 posts)1. What a nice tribute, HS!
RIP Mr. Spock!
R&K
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)2. K&R
[URL=http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o39/cyberswede/misc/?action=view¤t=63fe2ef3b70474c7e2822281347e329d.jpg][IMG][/IMG][/URL]
Takket
(21,625 posts)3. My heart is broken
Leonard,
We have been, and always shall be, your friend.
postulater
(5,075 posts)4. Great tribute. Thanks.
Worse for me than Lennon. Maybe Garcia.
LLAP, Mr. Spock.
niyad
(113,556 posts)5. thank you for these wonderful images.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)6. K&R nt
Egnever
(21,506 posts)7. Quite possibly the most beloved man on the planet.
He will be missed.