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Thinking you know something is a sure way to blind yourself.

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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There is not secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.
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Remember: Bureaucracy elevates conformity ... Make that elevates 'fatal stupidity' to the status of religion.
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Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.
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There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors.
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