"I asked the professors who teach the meaning……" — Carl Sandburg

I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell… - Carl Sandburg

"I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me what is happiness. And I went to famous executives who boss the work of thousands of men. They all shook their heads and gave me a smile as though I was trying to fool with them. And then one Sunday afternoon I wandered out along the Desplaines river and I saw a crowd of Hungarians under the trees with their women and children and a keg of beer and an accordion."

— Carl Sandburg

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I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver… — Nicolas Cage
Comparatively few people know what a million dollars actually is. To the majority it is a gaseous concept, swelling or… — Robertson Davies
Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style… — Steve Rushin
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib. — Robert Burchfield
I was never encouraged to do it and I played the accordion, which I hated. I wish I had taken… — Connie Francis
Ive realized that even more that what is beautiful about the accordion is to play with a single finger sometimes,… — Richard Galliano
I once made the mistake of writing a story with David Corbett. The man smoked me. He can delineate the… — Luis Alberto Urrea
No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully. — Elizabeth Moon
My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine. — Toots Thielemans
He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you… — Matthew Sweet
Music helps set a romantic mood. Imagine her surprise when you say, "We don't need a stereo - I have… — Martin Mull
Fingers interlocked like a beautiful accordion of flesh or a zipper of prayer — Sarah Kay

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