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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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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

Category:
Violence
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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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Other Quotes from
Learning
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Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature which one would think, might dispose us to modesty. – Jeremy Collier

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Learning

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out. – Geddy Lee

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Learning

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring. – Robertson Davies

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Learning

If you desire ease, forsake learning. – Nagarjuna

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I love Canada. Its a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land. – Yann Martel

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About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some wont like you at all. – Rita Mae Brown

Category:
Life

My buildings will be my legacy… they will speak for me long after Im gone. – Julia Morgan

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architecture

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. – Francis Quarles

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