"We literally are all made out of stardust. We started from those stars; we are made of stardust. So, next time you are really depressed, look in the mirror and you can look and say, 'Hi, I'm looking at a star here.'"

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Source : "The story behind the Mars Rovers". TED Talk, www.ted.com. May 2008.

Charles Elachi

#Stars Quotes #Mirrors Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Being the first person to go to college that really related to me from the movie [The Butler] because being black and going to college everyone puts so much hope into you.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.”
“The secular humanist, although he would never dream of committing the social faux pas of calling a black man a negro, feels perfectly free to castigate Christians and their leaders in any way he likes.”

Source : Frank Schaeffer (1982). “A time for anger: the myth of neutrality”, Good News Publishers
“I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my part in that battle and I don't regret any of it.”
“Girls talk to each other like men talk to each other. But girls have an eye for detail.”
“The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.”

Source : Forbes, (p. 42), April 1948.
“The sun burnt every day. It burnt time.”
“Over to my left is the big grey wall in front of the church. Are we the Thoughts of God? a poster asks. No, I realise. It's the reverse.”

Source : Scarlett Thomas (2008). “The End Of Mr. Y”, p.363, Canongate Books

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