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Words can carry any burden we wish. All that's required is agreement and a tradition upon which to build.
Frank Herbert
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Frank Herbert
Age: 65 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 8
Died: 1986
Died: February 11
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Washington
Frank Patrick Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert
Franklin Herbert
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The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a rabbit on the road. Being sentimental is when the same driver, when swerving away from the rabbit, hits a pedestrian.
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The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training.
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Love is a very ancient force, which served its purpose in its day but no longer is essential for the survival of the species.
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If there is a difference between what is said and what is done, only a fool believes what was said.
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This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.
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Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective. They're a kind of job insurance.
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If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets.
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If I'd been born in my grandfather's time, I'd have made my grandfather's mistakes. Theres no doubt of it. I just don't want to make my grandfather's mistakes today.
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The joy of living, its beauty, is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you.
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Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock.
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Control the coinage and the courts — let the rabble have the rest.
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Infinity? It attracts us like a floodlight in the night.
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Never attempt to reason with people who know they are right!
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My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from nothing,' he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable 'the truth' can be.
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The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent.
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You can't build politics on love. People aren't concerned with love it's too disordered. They prefer despotism. Too much freedom breeds chaos.
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