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May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.
Robert A. Heinlein
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Robert A. Heinlein
Age: 80 †
Born: 1907
Born: July 7
Died: 1988
Died: May 8
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I came, I saw, she conquered. The original Latin seems to have been garbled.
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