"The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice."
"Humans are different in private than in the presence of others. While the private persona merges into the social persona in varying degrees, the union is never complete. Something is always held back."
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Source: Brian Herbert, Kevin Anderson (2003). “Dune: House Atreides”, p.42, Spectra
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