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How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven.
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
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Hit it! You have to hit it harder than that. Electrons are timid little things but notional you have to let them know who’s boss.
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