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Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Layer Life Like Off Onion Peel Sometimes Time Weep You

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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Goes Hands Language Rolls Slang Sleeves Up Work

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Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Down Fence Love Neighbor Take Your Yourself

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All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Elected Hats Out Politicians Pull Rabbits Ring Should Talk Through Throw

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Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Again Answer Arithmetic Blue Everything How Look Nice Out Over Right See Sky Start Time Try Where Window Wrong You

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Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Been Best Came Life Me Nearly Things Unexpected

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Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: About Closing Door Guess Leaving Look Moment Opening Poetry Seen Those Through Who

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Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Away Go Go Away How Made Phantom Poetry Rainbows Script Telling Why

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I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to two editors who rejected them right off. I read those letters of rejection years later and I agreed with those editors.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Agreed Brooks Corner Editors Later Letters Off Poems Read Rejected Rejection Right Sent Station Street Them Those Two Who Wrote Years

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We don't have to think up a title till we get the doggone book written.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Book Get Think Till Title Up Written

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: January 6th, 1878

Died: July 22nd, 1967

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