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There is no safety this side of the grave
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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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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Ayn Rand is a bloody socialist compared to me.
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I believe in - I am proud to belong to - the United States.
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Death is an old friend I know him well. I lived with him, ate with him, slept with him to meet him again does not frighten me death is as necessary as birth, as happy in its own way.
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