"And each year now we know more, but we know no better â€” what we see in the sky is simply the softened gloss of the past sifting back to us, and likewise, every atom down the bodyâ€™s shining length was inside a star, and will be again."

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Source : Christopher Buckley (1993). “Dark Matter: Poems”, Copper Beech Press

Christopher Buckley

#Stars Quotes #Past Quotes #Years Quotes

“Every good composition is above all a work of abstraction. All good painters know this. But the painter cannot dispense with subjects altogether without his work suffering impoverishment.”
“I would like to change everything, but obviously not everything. I've been incredibly fortunate. I guess everybody would do this, but I'd go back to my younger self and say, "Lighten up. Take it easy. Relax. Don't be so anxious about everything. Try to be in the day. Try to not have today stolen from you by anxiety about yesterday or tomorrow."”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Being creative isn't confined to a specific set of professions -- everyone can and should be innovative.”
“At the time, there were very few foreign names in the press and they were all factory workers. I thought I'd never get a job at a university with a foreign name.”
“Itâ€™s your own expectations that hurt you. Not the world you live in. Whatever happens in the world is real. What you think should happen is unreal. So people are hurt by their expectations. You know , youâ€™re not disappointed by the world, you are disappointed by your own projections.”
“Honesty in principle was one thing. In someoneâ€™s face, it was another.”
“Mia Farrow was the person I was really excited about getting to know because Woody Allen is one of my heroes and, just by proxy, I was a huge fan of hers.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“What I mean is, if you look at the behavior of an animal and ask, "Well, why did it do that?" and then consider the alternatives, those alternatives probably wouldn't be as successful at getting its genes around.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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