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The successful writer listens to himself.
Frank Herbert
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Frank Herbert
Age: 65 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 8
Died: 1986
Died: February 11
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Science Fiction Writer
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Tacoma
Washington
Frank Patrick Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert
Franklin Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert
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Clinging to any form of conservatism can be dangerous. Become too conservative and you are unprepared for surprises. You cannot depend on luck. Logic is blind and often knows only its own past. Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival.
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Infinity? It attracts us like a floodlight in the night.
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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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There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors.
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In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.
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Men always fear things which move by themselves.
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To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror, to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror.
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Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.
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You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgement of your existence.
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Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe. If you find a truth, even a temporary one, it can demand that you make painful changes. Conceal your truths within words. Natural ambiguity will protect you then.
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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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If we define Futurism as an exploration beyond accepted limits, then the nature of limiting systems becomes the first object of exploration.
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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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Many things we do naturally become difficult only when we try to make them intellectual subjects. It is possible to know so much about a subject that you become totally ignorant.
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It was mostly sweet, he whispered, and you were the sweetest of all.
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Question: Who governs the governors? Answer: Entropy
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The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach.
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What you cannot control, you must accept.
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Peace for any prolonged period of time is impossible. Humans have a natural thirst for chaos and war is the most readily available form of chaos.
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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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