Frank Herbert Quotes
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Between the ages of 24 and 27, I read Freud's complete works, everything that had been translated into English. It was very stimulating intellectually. But I did not accept his view of neurosis or of human nature.
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I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.
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I had a major bug for cities and for paintings and literature and all the things I thought went on in cities.
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You still think we can go out there, and we can all run the mile in four minutes, you know, your mind still thinks that, but then you go out and actually try to do it, it's kind of scary.
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Writers write for one reason: to create an emotion in the reader, to reach across and make them feel something. You want a reaction. Yeah, it's nicer when the reaction is to throw flowers than it is to throw brickbats, but you have to accept both equally.
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I'm a professional fighter and like most professional fighters I have had difficulties with my hands in the past.
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I was told in many places of Osgar's bravery and Goll's strength and Conan's bitter tongue, and the arguments of Oisin and Patrick. And I have often been given the story of Oisin's journey to Tir-nan-Og, the Country of the Young, that is, as I am told, a fine place and everything that is good is in it.
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New York is rich in culture, cuisine, and commerce.
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We hear so many records these days that are done with click tracks, as opposed to a drummer.
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I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.
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When people recognize your work and want to reward you for what you've done, that's a good feeling.
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The nature of things is dharma.
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Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.
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I don't like clothes. I don't especially like cars. I have a very nice house. I get sick on a boat.
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I've never been in the music industry, only acting.
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One of my favorite memories was one time Prince picked me up and said we were going to Michael Jordan's birthday party.
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Some people might say I need to learn how to relax.
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I was Speaker of the House in Florida, first Republican speaker in 120 years. And I totally dismantled the way this House worked and turned it around to what I believe is right.
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World conditions challenge us to look beyond the status quo for responses to the pain of our times. We look to powers within as well as powers without. A new, spiritually based social activism is beginning to assert itself. It stems not from hating what is wrong and trying to fight it, but from loving what could be and making the commitment to bring it forth.
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I like to win without fighting. But if I can't, then I'm prepared to fight.
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Twenty-four pulleys, one hundred counterweights / two lenses, dark shadows...
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In the hands of Science and indomitable energy, results the most gigantic and absorbing may be wrought out by skilful combinations of acknowledged data and the simplest means.
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I'm concerned about the negative aspect of political campaigning in american nation, which is a new phenomenon. When I ran for president against Gerald Ford and later against Ronald Reagan we never referred to each other except as 'my distinguished opponent'. And had we criticised personally our opponent it would have been political suicide, we would have been castigated and condemned for it.
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What do you despise? By this are you truly known.
