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Carl Sandburg Quotes: Poetry is the capture of a picture, a song, or a flair, in a deliberate prism of words.
         

Poetry is the capture of a picture, a song, or a flair, in a deliberate prism of words.


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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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If the solar winds have stirred far off in the velvety night then showers of light --gold and violet. rose and green--paint the sky.

If the solar winds have stirred far off in the velvety night then showers of light --gold and violet. rose and green--paint the sky.





I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.

I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.



Be kind, be loving, be generous. Give of yourself, give of your time and you'll be free. It's the oldest secret, the one thats most often forgotten - and that is to have fun through giving.

Be kind, be loving, be generous. Give of yourself, give of your time and you'll be free. It's the oldest secret, the one thats most often forgotten - and that is to have fun through giving.



Conjuring is a profession in which no one errs through excess of modesty.

Conjuring is a profession in which no one errs through excess of modesty.



I am John Proctor! You will not use me! It is no part of salvation that you should use me!

I am John Proctor! You will not use me! It is no part of salvation that you should use me!



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The Deadheads are doing the dance of life and this I would say is the answer to the atom bomb.



America doesn't border on Muslim countries. European countries do and that seems to be a fundamental difference.

America doesn't border on Muslim countries. European countries do and that seems to be a fundamental difference.




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