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I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become an idea man and a copywriter.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Advertising Become Been Eye Field Had Idea Keeping Man Might Off Thinking

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I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class discussions and came out of it saying I hadn't learned a thing I didn't know before about morals and what is right or wrong in human conduct.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: About Before Came Class Conduct Course Discussions Ethics Had Heard Human Know Learned Morals Out Read Right Saying Taken Textbook Thick Thing Wrong

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I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Beautifully Become Book Coming How Infected Now Out See I See

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I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Elemental Later Russell Taken Way Years

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I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Books Get Good Kinds Knew Like Lot Made Makes People Promises Read Try Would Write Writers

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I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Amount Away Because Field Hard Hard Work Hours Knew Mathematics Much Natural Spent Stayed Take Time Where Work Would

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I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters, sculptors, poets, wearing this style of tie.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Black Ends Had Known Long Painters Pictures Poets Seen Style Tie Took Wearing

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I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Bum Either Going Writer

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The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Dictionary Earlier Help Only Poets Read Scholars Time

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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.

~Carl Sandburg

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: January 6th, 1878

Died: July 22nd, 1967

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