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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'ReadyMade''s first three issues dished out instructions for all sorts of kitschy crafts and odd projects: homemade wallets, Adirondack chairs, even taxidermy.
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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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More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.
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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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The trip to Iraq confirmed that I made the right decision when I voted against lending Iraq the $18 billion the United States plans to use to help rebuild the country.
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If Milosevic does not comply, I can tell you that NATO is ready to act.
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If a man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is, he keeps his at the same time.
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For the weariest road that man may wend Is forth fromn the home of his father.
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Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.
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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.
