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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSpock’s Advice To A Teenage Girl Will Make You Cry
In 1968, Leonard Nimoy was moved by a girls difficulty fitting in, so he wrote to her about how Spock overcame prejudice.http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/spocks-advice-to-a-teenage-girl-will-make-you-cry?utm_term=.yl8zGZ2aB8#.ka6N4Q1dK
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Spock’s Advice To A Teenage Girl Will Make You Cry (Original Post)
kpete
Feb 2015
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blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)1. ,
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DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)2. some actors simply have a lucky draw
and a great role is thrust upon them. Sometimes I wonder if William Shatner is such. As far as Nimoy and Takei, you can tell that they both saw a chance to use their role, not merely to be great characters, but to become great people.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)3. A beautiful soul shines through this letter
This hits very close to home. He is correct. How generous to want to share that with this young woman and the world.
ND-Dem
(4,571 posts)4. Pretty high-class advice from a Tiger Beat type magazine.
deafskeptic
(463 posts)5. It'd be high class advice in ANY magazine! n/t
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)6. That is absolutely beautiful.
Who's chopping onions in here?