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Have you ever known me to be rude to a lady? I have seen you be intentionally rude to a woman. I have never seen you be rude to a lady.
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
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If you don't like yourself, you can't like other people. -- Lazarus Long.
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Men are expendable women and children are not. A tribe or a nation can lose a high percentage of its men and still pick up the pieces and go on ... as long as the women and children are saved.
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Never encourage a man to cook breakfast it cause him to wonder if women are necessary.
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