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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Other Quotes from
Learning
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Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Learning

I know what I like when I see it, but no way have I ever become interested in learning about it. – Timothy Spall

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Learning

I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I cant do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability. – Ann Bancroft

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Learning

Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from ones enemies. – Leon Trotsky

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Learning

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Jefferson thought schools would produce free men: we prove him right by putting dropouts in jail. – Benjamin R. Barber

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Society

Ive got quite a vivid imagination and Im easily overwhelmed by sensations and things that are beautiful or scary. I dont think Ive ever seen a ghost – I think Im probably haunted by my own ghosts than real ones. – Florence Welch

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Imagination

Anyone who has invented a better mousetrap, or the contemporary equivalent, can expect to be harassed by strangers demanding that you read their unpublished manuscripts or undergo the humiliation of public speaking, usually on remote Midwestern campuses. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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Innovation

Humble is such a lonely word. – KakSri

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Humility