Quote by Russell Hoban
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

Other quotes by Russell Hoban

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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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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Before, it was just about making the films – and now its releasing them. Which is a steep learning curve. – Jessica Chastain

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Much learning does not teach understanding. – Heraclitus

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Learning

Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could. – Lord Mountbatten

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Learning

A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. – Alexander Pope

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We had periodic crises in this country when the technical intelligence didnt support the policy. We had the bomber gap, the missile gap. – Aldrich Ames

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