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Carl Sandburg Quotes: Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.
         

Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.


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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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We must serve the Lord, our God with all our heart, with all our soul and in everything be devoted to Him

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To duplicate meanings is to isolate the consciousness.

To duplicate meanings is to isolate the consciousness.



Failure, it is thought, is what sells, and what people want to hear and read about. I am not so sure.

Failure, it is thought, is what sells, and what people want to hear and read about. I am not so sure.



I've always been pretty careful at keeping track of my spending, so using my debit card is often the easiest way of doing that.

I've always been pretty careful at keeping track of my spending, so using my debit card is often the easiest way of doing that.



As far as the legal hassling and wrangling and posturing in Florida, I would suggest you talk to our team in Florida led by Jim Baker.

As far as the legal hassling and wrangling and posturing in Florida, I would suggest you talk to our team in Florida led by Jim Baker.



There's nothing more creative I'll ever do in my career than trying to make an hour of TV everyday.

There's nothing more creative I'll ever do in my career than trying to make an hour of TV everyday.



You're not able to do a lot of projects because you don't have a name. I wanted to get my movies to come over that hedge, so that I could do the movies that I wanted to do.

You're not able to do a lot of projects because you don't have a name. I wanted to get my movies to come over that hedge, so that I could do the movies that I wanted to do.



Our brains are great at knowing what to forget. We actually have to teach computers to do the same.

Our brains are great at knowing what to forget. We actually have to teach computers to do the same.



For me, it's the slow release of my ego and certain belief systems that I identify with that give me comfort and an identity, and it's scary to let go of that.

For me, it's the slow release of my ego and certain belief systems that I identify with that give me comfort and an identity, and it's scary to let go of that.



Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction.

Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction.




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