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Question: Who governs the governors? Answer: Entropy

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Frank Herbert
Age: 65 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 8
Died: 1986
Died: February 11
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Photographer
Science Fiction Writer
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Tacoma
Washington
Frank Patrick Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert
Franklin Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert
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Governs
Entropy
Governors
Thrive

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The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.
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Too much knowledge never makes for simple decisions.
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There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers. Nothing. Nothing can be done.
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I never thought it would be easy to serve God, she said. I just didn't think it would be this hard.
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The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. You have done violence to him, consumed his energy.
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There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.
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Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create new injustice by his claim and thus set the bloody pendulum of revenge into its inexorable motion
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If we deny emotion, we lose all touch with our internal universe.
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Historians exercise great power and some of them know it. They recreate the past, changing it to fit their own interpretations. Thus, they change the future as well.
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People don't vote. Instinct tells them it's useless.
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A human being can stand any amount of pain.
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Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.
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Infinity? It attracts us like a floodlight in the night.
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Only gods can safely risk perfection ... it's a dangerous thing for a man.
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A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing you to grow. Without them, it sleeps- seldom to awaken. The sleeper must awaken.
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Madness in method, that's genius
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Intelligence takes chances with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary.
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A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.
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