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If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. (Lazarus Long)
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
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Robert Anson Heinlein
Anson MacDonald
Lyle Monroe
John Riverside
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Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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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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Love is what still goes on when you're not horny.
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It is impossible for anyone to be responsible for another person's behavior. The most you or any leader can do is to encourage each one to be responsible for himself.
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Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain.
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