Carl Sandburg Quotes
When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
Quotes to Explore
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I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.
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The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
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I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it.
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Why is it that our young kids all across America can solve the most complex problems in a video game involving executive decision making and analytical thinking, yet we accept the fact that they can't add or read?
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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People who live in glass houses... have to answer the door.
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Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies.
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I've been watching 'The Cosby Show' and 'Roseanne' a lot right now, and those work so well because they're not, like, jokey comedies; they are coming from real characters. We want our show to be like that. A family show.
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In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.
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It is up to us to make the right choice and the right decisions.
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It's funny because before I joined the cast of 'Heroes,' I was an insomniac. I have suffered from insomnia for, like, so long. Now that I'm on the show, seriously - I sleep like a baby. I'm so tired all the time.
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America is huge.
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
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What we learned quite early on is what was really important to early British pop that we produced-and this is where we were distinct from almost everybody else in this respect-is that it had to reflect exactly what the audience wanted us to say.
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Every good tennis player has to have a short memory. Good or bad.
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When you're writing about difficult things and darker issues, it's nice to offer some sort of light at the end of the tunnel. Some sense of hope. Sometimes, the best way to do that is by offering it in the music, so that you can dance your way out of the darkness.
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If a bird is flying for pleasure, it flies with the wind, but if it meets danger it turns and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher.
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It's a very unnatural environment to be in, up on a stage. So you put up defenses to hide. Like looking at the ground with your hair in your eyes, or being tightly wound and quite aggressive and uncooperative, as I used to do.
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When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
