"People lie because they don't remember clear what they saw. People lie because they can't help making a story better than it was the way it happened."

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Source: Carl Sandburg (2015). “The People, Yes”, p.75, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Carl Sandburg

Poet, Biographer

Carl Sandburg was an American poet and biographer known for his vivid portrayals of American life and his work 'Chicago Poems'.

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