Quotes by Carl Sandburg
Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.
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A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.
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Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure if they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.
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I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.
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Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.
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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
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Arithmetic is where numbers fly like pigeons in and out of your head.
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Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper till you get the answer.
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One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.
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Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
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The marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading "Keep Off."
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Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.
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A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.
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