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Budget the luxuries first.
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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Robert Anson Heinlein
Anson MacDonald
Lyle Monroe
John Riverside
Caleb Saunders
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There were many, many times thereafter that Don regretted having enlisted - but so has every man who ever volunteered for military service.
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