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I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went on long ago in that building. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

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If I had the power, I would ban leggings. ↗

— Jil Sander

#had #i #power #would

I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write as they do. After hundreds of experiments I decided to go my own way in style and see what would happen. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#clear #decided #experiments #go #happen

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

#drooping #ends #had #i #known

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

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I've written some poetry I don't understand myself. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

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My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

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

— Carl Sandburg

#go #go away #how #made #phantom

There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly in the woods and sometimes go up and on through the clouds. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#birds #clouds #fly #go #many

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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