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Men are not potatoes!
Robert A. Heinlein
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Robert A. Heinlein
Age: 80 †
Born: 1907
Born: July 7
Died: 1988
Died: May 8
Essayist
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Naval Officer
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Butler
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Robert Anson Heinlein
Anson MacDonald
Lyle Monroe
John Riverside
Caleb Saunders
Simon York
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Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you if you don't bet you can't win.
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I woke up in bed with a man and a cat. The man was a stranger the cat was not
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Rarest of all is the man who can and does reason at all times, quickly, accurately, inclusively, despite hope or fear or bodily distress, without egocentric bias or thalmic disturbance, with correct memory, with clear distinction between fact, assumption, and non-fact.
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Remember though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp -provided it's loaded.
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Have you ever noticed how much they look like orchids? lovely!
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From my point of view, a great deal of openly expressed piety is insufferable conceit.
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