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Russell Hoban

"Too-lateness, I realized, has nothing to do with age. Itâ€™s a relation of self to the moment. Or not, depending on the person and the moment. Perhaps there even comes a time when itâ€™s no longer too late for anything. Perhaps, even, most times are too early for most things, and most of life has to go by before itâ€™s time for almost anything and too late for almost nothing. Nothing to lose, the present moment to gain, the integration with long-delayed Now."

Source : Russell Hoban (1999). “A Russell Hoban omnibus”, Indiana Univ Pr

Russell Hoban

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“We spent a long time learning the craft of songwriting, Roger Glover and I, for a few years before we joined Deep Purple. You learn about the percussive value of words, and you learn about rhyme and meter. You learn that you can't transform a poem into a song lyric, mostly because the spoken shape of words is different than the sung shape of words. You wouldn't use the vowel 'U' or the vowel sound 'ooo' for a high note for example, its very difficult.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Edie Sedgwick had a cool style; she pushed the envelope for the time.”
“Consumerism is, quite precisely, the consuming of life by the things consumed. It is living in a manner that is measured by having rather than being... and consumerism is hardly the sin of the rich. The poor, driven by discontent and envy, may be as consumed by what they do not have as the rich are consumed by what they do have. The question is not, certainly not most importantly, a question about economics. It is first and foremost a cultural and moral problem requiring a cultural and moral remedy.”

Source : "Doing Well and Doing Good: The Challenge to the Christian Capitalist". Book by Richard John Neuhaus, 1992.
“Anarchism is opposed to states, armies, slavery , the wages system, the landlord system, prisons, monopoly capitalism, oligopoly capitalism, state capitalism, bureaucracy, meritrocracy, theocracy, oligarchy, governments, patriarchy, matriarchy, monarchy, oligarchy, protection rackets, intimidation by gangsters, and every other kind of coercive institution. In other words, anarchism opposes government in all it's forms.”

Source : "What Is Anarchism? An Introduction". Book by Donald Rooum, August 1, 1992.
“Chicago is known for good steaks, expensive stores and beautiful architecture. Unfortunately, the Windy City also enjoys a reputation for corrupt politics, violent crime, and some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere in the country.”
“A learning machine is any device whose actions are influenced by past experience.”
“If they do not share equally enjoyments and toils, those who labor much and get little will necessarily complain of those who labor little and receive or consume much. But indeed there is always a difficulty in men living together and having all human relations in common, but especially in their having common property.”
“Children are entitled to life. We conceive them and so we owe them our care and our protection. This may not be a dictate of law anymore, but it is a dictate of love.”

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