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Carl Sandburg Quotes: Poetry is a shuffling of boxes of illusions buckled with a strap of facts.
         

Poetry is a shuffling of boxes of illusions buckled with a strap of facts.


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Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.

Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.



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.

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.



There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.



Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.



Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.



Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.



It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?



Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.



Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.



A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.





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The past has come apart events are vagueingthe future is inexploitable

The past has come apart events are vagueingthe future is inexploitable



Fairy tales are make believe and reality sucks, but I happen to live in both worlds.

Fairy tales are make believe and reality sucks, but I happen to live in both worlds.



Courage is doing your duty in the face of fear.

Courage is doing your duty in the face of fear.



This is what I'm good at. I like meeting people, my fellow citizens, I like interfacing with them.

This is what I'm good at. I like meeting people, my fellow citizens, I like interfacing with them.



I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.



There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.



Stay excited and stay humble and good things will come.

Stay excited and stay humble and good things will come.



When you have more respect for yourself and put yourself in a position where you feel your sense of value or worth, that's how you know you're on the right path.

When you have more respect for yourself and put yourself in a position where you feel your sense of value or worth, that's how you know you're on the right path.



Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted.

Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted.




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