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Take big bites. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
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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I'm not trying to frighten you, but only a fool makes predictions based on ignorance I am not that sort of fool.
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