Frank Herbert Quotes
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Indeed the three prophecies about the death of individual art are, in their different ways, those of Hegel, Marx, and Freud. I don't see any way of getting beyond those prophecies.
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Consumption is still going up on Alibaba. This is because when the economy goes down people look online to Alibaba to buy cheaper things.
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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I don't believe that intelligence can be reduced to a number, frankly. But I can see how doing exactly that produces a useful sorting mechanism in our society in order to separate children into categories of promising and doomed. The tests seem arbitrary and without real scientific value and yet have lasting consequences.
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Cats and I have an understanding, but we choose not to interact often.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
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I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
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It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center.
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We are never racist against somebody who is very far away. I don't know any racism against the Eskimos. To have a racist feeling, there must be an other who is slightly different from us - but is living close to us.
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I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me. I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons.
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So the search for a father in Central Station is also a search for a country.
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I think the 19th century is an extraordinary period with a welling up of creativity and all kinds of experimentation and exploration going on at least until 1940.
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We want the city back on its feet. We want to have jobs for the city.
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What I bring to the table is a huge enthusiasm and love for this stuff.
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If we are going to have a bicameral parliament, I think there should always be a reserved place for people whose background and experience are critical to the welfare of the nation.
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No Latina woman would be called 'Ms.' - that's an invention of middle-class Anglo women. Latina women are proud to be called 'Mrs.' That simply means that we have a family.
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The First Industrial Revolution used water and steam power to mechanize production. The Second used electric power to create mass production. The Third used electronics and information technology to automate production.
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I discovered surfing, which I absolutely fell in love with. That feels good and kind of keeps your body aligned, so does the salt water.
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Everybody is as unstable as water.
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The scarce water of Dune is an exact analog of oil scarcity. CHOAM is OPEC.
