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If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach t

If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then history need not have bothered to go on, and the world has wasted a great deal of time. – Russell Hoban

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When you suffer an attack of nerves youre being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system? – Russell Hoban

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Stress
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But when I dont smoke I scarcely feel as if Im living. I dont feel as if Im living unless Im killing myself. – Russell Hoban

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Smoking
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There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. If you dont make that response, you continually relive the unresolved situation over and over in your life. – Russell Hoban

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Violence
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Lie detection is like language there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children seems to be a family tradition in many families. – Keith Henson

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I enjoy learning about different periods and people, and then taking whats universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches up. No matter where you are, certain things unite everybody. – Laura Linney

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And where does magic come from? I think that magics in the learning. – Dar Williams

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That first year at Universal was a big blur and, naturally, I thought they were wasting me. I didnt realize at the time that I was learning my craft and acting more easily in front of the camera. – Kent McCord

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