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Gene Roddenberry
Gene Roddenberry
American Producer
Born: Aug 19, 1921
Died: Oct 24, 1991
He Life Love Made Man Trek
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The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. Gene Roddenberry
Strength Fight Ability Rather Prevent Civilization Them Measured Wars
'Star Trek' was an attempt to say humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in lifeforms. Gene Roddenberry
Wisdom Day Humanity Maturity Will Differences Trek Say Delight Take Attempt Reach Ideas Begins Just Special Tolerate Star Star Trek
Time is the fire in which we burn. Gene Roddenberry
Time Fire Burn Which
'Star Trek' says that it has not all happened, it has not all been discovered, that tomorrow can be as challenging and adventurous as any time man has ever lived. Gene Roddenberry
Time Man Tomorrow Trek Says Adventurous Been Discovered Any Happened Star Star Trek Lived Ever Challenging
I'd been an Army bomber pilot and fascinated by the Navy and, particularly, the story of the Enterprise, which at Midway really turned the tide in the whole war in our favor. I'd always been proud of that ship and wanted to use the name. Gene Roddenberry
War Army Pilot Our Favor Enterprise Name Particularly Tide Always Proud Been Ship Wanted Story Which Midway Turned Really Use Fascinated Whole Navy Bomber
A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away. Gene Roddenberry
Life Man Starts Back Meets He Head-On Him Wither His Happens Either Turns Away Lives
What Kirk wanted every evening was to go to bed with a beautiful woman. Our captain now is a man of infinitely more skill. A better man. Gene Roddenberry
Beautiful Man Woman Better Beautiful Woman Every Our Kirk More Better Man Bed Go Infinitely Wanted Skill Captain Evening Now
It has become a crusade of mine to demonstrate that TV need not be violent to be exciting. Gene Roddenberry
Become Mine TV Exciting Crusade Demonstrate Violent Need
The human race is a remarkable creature, one with great potential, and I hope that 'Star Trek' has helped to show us what we can be if we believe in ourselves and our abilities. Gene Roddenberry
Hope Great Believe Trek Our Ourselves Ability Potential Remarkable Human Race Us Show Helped Human Race Star Star Trek Creature
It is important to the typical 'Star Trek' fan that there is a tomorrow. They pretty much share the 'Star Trek' philosophies about life: the fact that it is wrong to interfere in the evolvement of other peoples, that to be different is not necessarily to be wrong or ugly. Gene Roddenberry
Life People Ugly Tomorrow Important Other Trek Typical Philosophies Be Different Pretty About Fact Share Wrong Different Fan Much Interfere Star Star Trek Necessarily
If 'Trek' is a hit, we'd love to do a series of films - a regular event. Look at James Bond's films. They've been around since the early sixties. Gene Roddenberry
Love Films Trek Since Look Around Been Hit Sixties James Regular Series Event Bond Early
To cast Mr. Spock, I made a phone call to Leonard, and he came in. That was it. Gene Roddenberry
Phone Made Phone Call Cast Spock He Call Came
The ship's transporters - which let the crew 'beam' from place to place - really came out of a production need. I realized with this huge spaceship, I would blow the whole budget of the show just in landing the thing on a planet. Gene Roddenberry
Crew Out Would Beam Budget Came Ship Huge Blow Just Spaceship Place Which Landing Realized Planet Really Production Show Whole Thing Need
We tried to limit human versus human conflict only to those cases where it could be powerfully motivated and made completely believable. Gene Roddenberry
Conflict Made Those Tried Cases Only Could Limit Motivated Versus Human Where Believable
It was 'ST' format to let space and alien worlds, rather than human weakness, provide the conflict and danger necessary to our adventure show. Gene Roddenberry
Conflict Space Alien Worlds Our Danger Weakness Rather Adventure Provide Than Human Format Show Necessary

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