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Some people insist that mediocre is better than best. They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.
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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Naval Officer
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Robert Anson Heinlein
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Lyle Monroe
John Riverside
Caleb Saunders
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