I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, not just for tomorrow, but in the here and now.

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"A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on."

- Carl Sandburg

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"A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on."

- Carl Sandburg

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"Someday theyll give a war and nobody will come."

- Carl Sandburg

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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."

- Carl Sandburg

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"Ask, ‘Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?’"

- Carl Sandburg

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"I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now."

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"And remember, no matter where you go, there you are."

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"The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it’s all we’ll need."

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"I don't look ahead. I'm right here with you. It's a good way to be."

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