Quote by Russell Hoban
When you suffer an attack of nerves youre being attacked by the ne

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

Other quotes by Russell Hoban

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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Learning
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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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I have more zits now than I did as a teenager. Stress zits. – Tiffani-Amber Thiessen

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In all human activities, particularly in all matters of business, times of stress and difficulty are seasons of opportunity when the seeds of progress are sown. – Thomas F. Woodlock (1866–1945)

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Stress

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. – William James

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Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension. – Joshua L. Liebman

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Stress

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I have a really, really, really normal family. And by normal I mean were all nuts on some level. I think youve gotta be a little nuts to pursue any kind of creative job. I was also a really good kid. I know that sounds really dull, but I didnt rebel in the traditional sense. – Anna Paquin

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Each country has a soul, and Frances soul is equality. – Francois Hollande

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