Carl Sandburg Quotes
Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
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We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.
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The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use the word efficiency. It's creativity. It's a belief that every person counts.
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When you're in your early 20s your love life seems to explode every 20 minutes or so. By the time you've reached your thirties, it is every five or ten years.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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People just don't sit down and watch shows live anymore. They DVR it. They stream it; they watch it on Netflix or iTunes.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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As people want to move money around the world, they're going to be moving in and out of bitcoin quickly, but they're still going to own it for some period of time... and the size of that working capital requirement will grow as the global economy grows.
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The thing I love about vampires that I find so fascinating is that, unlike other sci-fi creations, they aren't monsters from the get-go, they're human beings first... and so what kind of human you are would dictate what kind of vampire you would be.
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People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.
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There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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You shouldn't try to manufacture progress.
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The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for it to breed additional thoughts.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.
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Thinking differently is my strength.
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Is not the core of nature in the heart of man?
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If someone comes up to me, 90 percent of the time it's about Office Space.
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Hate is a strong word so I don't really hate the quality of somebody, I just don't like being late so I don't like if other people are late as well. Time management is key!
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I have a day job. I can make movies when I want to.
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Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
