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The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.

Frank Herbert

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Frank Herbert
Age: 65 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 8
Died: 1986
Died: February 11
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Tacoma
Washington
Frank Patrick Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert
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Revenge is for children and the emotionally retarded.
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There is not secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.
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For now is my grief heavier than the sands of the seas, she thought. This world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose: tomorrow's life.
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Remember: Bureaucracy elevates conformity ... Make that elevates 'fatal stupidity' to the status of religion.
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Thinking you know something is a sure way to blind yourself.
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The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action in mind.
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Radicals are only to be feared when you try to suppress them. You must demonstrate that you will use the best of what they offer.
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Polish comes from the cities wisdom from the desert.
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The real universe is always one step beyond logic.
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The future remains uncertain and so it should, for it is the canvas upon which we paint our desires. Thus always the human condition faces a beautifully empty canvas. We possess only this moment in which to dedicate ourselves continuously to the sacred presence which we share and create.
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We’ve lost something vital, I tell you. When we lost it, we lost the ability to make good decisions. We fall upon decisions these days the way we fall upon an enemy—or wait and wait, which is a form of giving up, and we allow the decisions of others to move us. Have we forgotten that we were the ones who set this current flowing?
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Often I must speak otherwise than I think. This is called diplomacy.
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