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To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Good Good Loser How Learn Loser Win

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A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Baby Go God Life Opinion Should

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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Asking Dance Echo Poetry Shadow

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There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Eagle Hippopotamus Me Mud Soar Wallow Wants

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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Friend Lonesome Moon Talk

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The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Admire Desiring Happiness Secret The Secret Of Without

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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Done Grammar Life Made Mistake My Life Never Seen Soon

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Nothing happens unless first we dream.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Dream First Happens Nothing Unless

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Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Be Careful Careful Coin Determine How Lest Life Only Other People Spend Spent Time Will You Your

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I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Ashes Bucket Forget Future Get Here Jump Just Keep Keep Moving Live Moving Now Past Post Remember Tell Tomorrow Yesterdays You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: January 6th, 1878

Died: July 22nd, 1967

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