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Carl Sandburg Quotes

There are some people who can receive a truth by no other way than to have their understanding shocked and insulted Picture Quote #1

I am still studying verbs and the mystery of how they connect nouns. I am more suspicious of adjectives than at any other time in all my born days Picture Quote #1

I glory in this world of men and women, torn with troubles, yet living on to love and laugh through it all Picture Quote #1

You know being born is important to you. You know nothing else was ever so important to you Picture Quote #1

Poetry is a diary kept by a sea creature who lives on land and wishes he could fly Picture Quote #1

So I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning Picture Quote #1

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My first stringed instrument was a cigar box banjo where I cut and turned the pegs and strung the wires myself Picture Quote #1

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man Picture Quote #1

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake Picture Quote #1

Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven’t told the girl you are smitten with her Picture Quote #1

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life Picture Quote #1

I couldn’t see myself filling some definite niche in what is called a career. This was all misty Picture Quote #1

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I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become an idea man and a copywriter Picture Quote #1

I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this Picture Quote #1

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went on long ago in that building Picture Quote #1

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read Picture Quote #1

I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write as they do. After hundreds of experiments I decided to go my own way in style and see what would happen Picture Quote #1

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it Picture Quote #1

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I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future Picture Quote #1

My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall Picture Quote #1

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work Picture Quote #1

Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don’t worry about my destiny Picture Quote #1

The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help Picture Quote #1

There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly in the woods and sometimes go up and on through the clouds Picture Quote #1

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There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud Picture Quote #1

There was always the consolation that if I didn’t like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it Picture Quote #1

We don’t have to think up a title till we get the doggone book written Picture Quote #1

Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper till you get the answer Picture Quote #1

Freedom is baffling: men having it often know not they have it till it is gone and they no longer have it Picture Quote #1

There is a warning love sends and the cost of it is never written till long afterward Picture Quote #1

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There are some people who can receive a truth by no other way than to have their understanding shocked and insulted (Carl Sandburg Quotes) I am still studying verbs and the mystery of how they connect nouns. I am more suspicious of adjectives than at any other time in all my born days (Carl Sandburg Quotes) I glory in this world of men and women, torn with troubles, yet living on to love and laugh through it all (Carl Sandburg Quotes) You know being born is important to you. You know nothing else was ever so important to you (Carl Sandburg Quotes) Poetry is a diary kept by a sea creature who lives on land and wishes he could fly (Carl Sandburg Quotes) So I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning (Carl Sandburg Quotes) My first stringed instrument was a cigar box banjo where I cut and turned the pegs and strung the wires myself (Carl Sandburg Quotes) A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man (Carl Sandburg Quotes) A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake (Carl Sandburg Quotes) Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven’t told the girl you are smitten with her (Carl Sandburg Quotes) Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life (Carl Sandburg Quotes) I couldn’t see myself filling some definite niche in what is called a career. This was all misty (Carl Sandburg Quotes) I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become an idea man and a copywriter (Carl Sandburg Quotes) I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this (Carl Sandburg Quotes) I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went on long ago in that building (Carl Sandburg Quotes) I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read (Carl Sandburg Quotes) I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write as they do. After hundreds of experiments I decided to go my own way in style and see what would happen (Carl Sandburg Quotes) I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it (Carl Sandburg Quotes) I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future (Carl Sandburg Quotes) My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall (Carl Sandburg Quotes) Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work (Carl Sandburg Quotes) Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don’t worry about my destiny (Carl Sandburg Quotes) The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help (Carl Sandburg Quotes) There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly in the woods and sometimes go up and on through the clouds (Carl Sandburg Quotes) There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud (Carl Sandburg Quotes) There was always the consolation that if I didn’t like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it (Carl Sandburg Quotes) We don’t have to think up a title till we get the doggone book written (Carl Sandburg Quotes) Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper till you get the answer (Carl Sandburg Quotes) Freedom is baffling: men having it often know not they have it till it is gone and they no longer have it (Carl Sandburg Quotes) There is a warning love sends and the cost of it is never written till long afterward (Carl Sandburg Quotes)

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