I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes,

Carl Sandburg Quote

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

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Author and poet, 1878 - 1967

Born:6th January, 1878
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Starsign: Capricorn

Author Keywords: Poet, Author

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James Montgomery, Benjamin Zephania, Richard Le Gallienne, Mary Leapor, Rabindranath Tagore

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