Michael M. Honda famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Everyone in America likely has a bullying story, whether as the victim, bully or as a witness.
-- Michael M. Honda

#Bullying #America #Stories
My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value - I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone.
-- Michael M. Honda

#Mother #Thinking #Equal Pay
Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits.
-- Michael M. Honda

#Equality #Sisterhood #Equal Pay
My own family and thousands of other Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. It took our nation over 40 years to apologize
-- Michael M. Honda

#War #Years #World
The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it is sorely tested
-- Michael M. Honda

#Tragedy #Constitution #Tranquility
The need for raising the awareness of this shameful chapter in U.S. history is more apparent than ever.
-- Michael M. Honda

#Needs #Awareness #Chapters

It gets better. It seems hard, you know, I think being different is always gonna be a tough climb. There's always gonna be people that are scared of it. But at the end of the day you give those bullies, those people, that are so ignorant, if you give them the power to affect you, you're letting them win. And they don't deserve that. What you're doing by being yourself is you're keeping it real, and you're being really brave.
I have insecurities of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me.
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'
I think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there is a safety net. Now, as to the problem of how much health care costs and how we reform health care ... it is another story altogether.
Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights.
Every shrink knows that it's not the event itself but how you respond to it that tells the story. Take ten assorted individuals, expose them all to the same life trial, and they will each suffuse it with exquisite personal detail and meaning.
What's so great about television. You're able to tell a long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.
I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies. With an anthology you can tell any story and be in every division of television. We don't have any anthologies anymore, do we?
It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.

Michael M. Honda famous quotes

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