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Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you if you don't bet you can't win.
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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Money is truthful. If a man speaks of his honor, make him pay cash.
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