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“The answer is still ‘No.’ ” “Not that question.” “Oh, you know another one? Tell me.” “Later. I want you softened up first.” “Real steak? Not syntho?” “Guaranteed. Stick a fork in it and it will moo.” “You must be on an expense account,
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“Hobbies are what the smartest people spend time on when they aren’t constrained by near-term financial goals. I like to say that what the smartest people do on the weekends is what everyone else will do during the week in ten years.”
― Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
― Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
“And now we control it?” “To a certain degree. But the important thing is to consider all the Houses that depend on CHOAM profits. And think of the enormous proportion of those profits dependent upon a single product—the spice. Imagine what would happen if something should reduce spice production.” “Whoever had stockpiled melange could make a killing,” Paul said. “Others would be out in the cold.”
― Dune
― Dune
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