I'm a firm believer and always have been that there aren't all that many things that you should not express to children in an age-appropriate manner, and as a parent, that is your job - to be discerning as to whether or not your child can handle the information, provided you have the ability to express yourself in that age-appropriate way.

LeVar Burton

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I think reading is part of the birthright of the human being by LeVar Burton

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

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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.

long culture moving

I fly my geek flag proudly. Absolutely. by LeVar Burton

I fly my geek flag proudly. Absolutely.

geek flags

For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for societ... by LeVar Burton

For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.

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

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

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In a society that functions optimally, those who can should naturally want to provide for those who can't. That's how it's designed to work. I truly believe we're here to take care of one another.

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Maturity is a series of shattered illusions. by LeVar Burton

Maturity is a series of shattered illusions.

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Libraries do one thing that no other institution does and that's... by LeVar Burton

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

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Reading a hard copy book, and reading a book on an iPad are slightly different experiences. What they both have in common though is that you must engage your imagination in the process.

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I'm enormously proud of the fact that Star Trek has really not just sparked an interest, but encouraged, a few generations of people to go into the sciences.

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If we marry educational technology with quality, enriching conten... by LeVar Burton

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

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There would be no Star Trek unless there were transporter malfunc... by LeVar Burton

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

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After many years of training myself, strong emotions are now a trigger for me to look at something. I think that all emotions are triggers for us to grow in our level of consciousness.

strong spiritual thinking

It's definitely true that there are a lot of the devices we used on 'Star Trek,' that came out the imagination of the writers, and the creators that are actually in the world today.

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Kids are sponges. They will emulate what they see and what they'r... by LeVar Burton

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

exposed sponges kids

You can break down anything for a child, and you have to know what your child is ready for and what your child is not.

breaking-down ready children

With the technology of tablet computers, if we bring the right content to them and distribute them ubiquitously throughout the land, we can do something about America being ranked 29th in the world in terms of our level of education.

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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 health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.

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All literature is political. by LeVar Burton

All literature is political.

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The unvarnished truth is that we have spent the last decade funding the machinery of war, and our children have been sacrificed.

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