"The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice."
"The Universe operates on a basic principle of economics: everything has its cost. We pay to create our future, we pay for the mistakes of the past. We pay for every change we make . . . and we pay just as dearly if we refuse to change."
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Source: Dune: House Harkonnen. Book by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, 2000.
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