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Unofficial bot that spits out a random quote from Frank Herbert's Dune books, even though spit is a terrible waste of water. By @thatjasonweiser
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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.
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I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
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Your habits always come hunting after you. The self you construct will haunt you.
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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.
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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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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.
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Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man's mind.
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.
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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
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Most civilization is based on cowardice. It's so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons.
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Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man's mind.
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.
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All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.
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Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.
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"The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.".
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Atrocity never balances or rectifies the past. Atrocity merely arms the future for more atrocity.
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.
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I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.
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I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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Most believe that a satisfactory future requires a return to an idealized past, a past which never in fact existed.
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I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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No matter how exotic human civilization becomes, no matter the developments of life and society nor the complexity of the machine/human interface, there come interludes of lonely power when the course of humankind depends upon the relatively simple actions of single individuals.
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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.
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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
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Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.
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If there is no enemy, one must be invented. The military force which is denied an external target always turns against its own people.
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All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.
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I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.
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Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
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"If you believe certain words, you believe their hidden arguments.".
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I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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You have read that Muad'Dib had no playmates his own age on Caladan. The dangers were too great.
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.
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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
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Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.
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Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man's mind.
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I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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"If there is no enemy, one must be invented. The military force which is denied an external target always turns against its own people.".
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I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
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Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.
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Most believe that a satisfactory future requires a return to an idealized past, a past which never in fact existed.
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Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man's mind.
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All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.
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Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.
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“You see, gentlemen, they have something to die for. They've discovered they're a people. They're awakening.”.
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Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man's mind.
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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
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Some people never observe anything. Life just happens to them.
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All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.
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Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.
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Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
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Atrocity never balances or rectifies the past. Atrocity merely arms the future for more atrocity.
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There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers. Nothing. Nothing can be done.
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All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.
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"The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called 'spannungsbogen' — which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing.".
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.
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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
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"Most believe that a satisfactory future requires a return to an idealized past, a past which never in fact existed.".
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The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called "spannungsbogen" — which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing.
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All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.
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Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.
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Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern.
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I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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Some people never observe anything. Life just happens to them.
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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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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.
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The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.
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The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.
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All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.
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Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.
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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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Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.
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Most civilization is based on cowardice. It's so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons.
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Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.
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Some people never observe anything. Life just happens to them.
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I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. The real universe is always one step beyond logic.
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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
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All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.
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