Carl Sandburg Quotes

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

Carl Sandburg

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• I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn't like that very much.

  

  Barbara Corcoran
  • Good
  • You
  • Dog

• My style is all I have. When I go on stage, that's me in my comfort zone. It's not a costume. It's just me. And I want every woman to feel that way.

  

  Yuna
  • Style
  • Woman
  • Comfort Zone

• Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Live
  • Funny
  • Amazing

• Show me one dictatorship in the world that has not been supported by the United States government or some European governments. It almost doesn't exist. I think a dictatorship and hegemony are part of the same phenomenon.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • World
  • Government
  • Phenomenon

• The real amazing thing about all of this is I think I've maintained the mentality of a musician throughout it all, which I'm proudest of. And I'm still playing on people's records and singing on people's records.

  

  Vince Gill
  • People
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• It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.

  

  Frances Mayes
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  • Book
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• I think it's important that things are flawed.

  

  Kate Bush
  • Important
  • Think
  • Things

• As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die.

  

  Federico Garcia Lorca
  • Die
  • Worry
  • Born

• Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.

  

  Edgar Allan Poe
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  • Dislike
  • Puns

• I love things that are harsh and things that are too loud. And I love lulling people into a false sense of security. That's life.

  

  FKA twigs
  • People
  • Life
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• The thing about Drew Goddard and Mike Schur is that they are legit geniuses, and they love storytelling. They love creating worlds, love messing with the audience; they love doing things that we don't expect. To get to be a part of that is too good to be true.

  

  D'Arcy Carden
  • Good
  • Love
  • True

• I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.

  

  Vince McMahon
  • Business
  • Think
  • Now

• In men's sports, people criticize coaches and managers all the time, call out teammates, too, and it's not that huge of a deal. Often, the guy speaking out is even lauded for having the courage to tell the truth. When it happens in women's sports, though, it always seems to be viewed as a nasty, claws-out cat fight.

  

  Carli Lloyd
  • People
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• The key is to work with people who are passionate about storytelling and who have a similar sensibility of the type and nature of the stories that you want to tell.

  

  Patrick Lussier
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• As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release.

  

  Jackson Browne
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  • Birthday
  • Release

• I always gravitate towards the independent side of things, just because those are the stories I always fall in love with, but you don't really get paid, and living in Los Angeles is expensive, and I have a mortgage to pay. So it's good to jump onto a studio film and then in all my other time do small passion projects.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Time
  • Good
  • Love

• The moment you have children and a mortgage you want things to work; you're locked into the human project and you want it to flourish.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • Work
  • Children
  • Moment

• I was surprised by how much I liked 'Hacksaw Ridge' and its depth.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Surprised
  • How
  • Depth

• There are so few roles out there. And even if it is a film that could be led by a black actress, how many times is that film going to get funded? Let's just be real. But it's not just black people. It's Asians, it's Hispanic people if you're not Salma Hayek. It's hard. It's hard to get films funded.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • People
  • Real
  • Black

• You're an artist when you're writing, a businessperson the rest of the time.

  

  Laura Anne Gilman
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Rest

• I really love New York, but I have to say, the humidity during the summer is a nightmare for a cartoonist. Not only am I sweating in my studio, my bristol board is curling up, the drafting tape is peeling off the board, my Rapidograph pens bleed the minute I put them to paper... it's a disaster.

  

  Adrian Tomine
  • Up
  • Summer

• The best, the most skillful, the most devious and the most cunning.

  

  Charles Haughey
  • Best
  • Cunning
  • Skillful

• The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

  

  Carl Sandburg
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