Carl Sandburg Quotes
There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it.
Quotes to Explore
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All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches out there as well. But most are so kind.
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Look what venison does to a goofy guitar player from Detroit? I'm going to be 54 this year and if I had any more energy I'd scare you.
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Offset's the animal out the group. But he ain't no bad guy.
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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
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We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
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I had great English teachers in high school who first piqued my interest in Shakespeare. Each year, we read a different play - 'Othello,' 'Julius Caesar,' 'Macbeth,' 'Hamlet' - and I was the nerd in class who would memorize soliloquies just for the fun of it.
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Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self.
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Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'
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People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.
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I learned that sometimes our struggles are a little bit bigger than us and talking about them and coming through and having the courage to get out of them. I learned how many I touched and inspired through the journey of 'Idol' because I was just singing on the show. I wasn't really being an advocate for anything.
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I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now.
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Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.
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I am a 10th class pass in Hindi. From 7th grade to 12th grade, I was in Delhi; before that, I was abroad. I came in not knowing a word of Hindi in 7th grade and learned Hindi and passed the exam in 10th. I think I was north of 50 percent, so I feel very proud of that accomplishment.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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I would love to work with Martin Scorsese.
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The whole point of bike-sharing is to give New Yorkers another way to commute. A lot of folks in Bay Ridge work in downtown Brooklyn or other parts of the borough. For them, it would make more sense to hop on a Citi Bike than to wait for a train or a bus.
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Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.
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I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.
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When I read, I take notes and underline things. So reading is a vigorous process for me, but I read in bed. My poor husband is trying to go to sleep, and I'm reaching over him to get the Post-it notes.
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I'm determined not to start dressing like I'm 45 years old now that I'm a mum.
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There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it.
