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Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none men cannot live together without them.
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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Butler
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Robert Anson Heinlein
Anson MacDonald
Lyle Monroe
John Riverside
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A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld.
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Decency is not news it is buried in the obituaries - but it is a force stronger than crime.
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Being privileged to work hard for long hours at something you think is worth doing is the best kind of play.
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Son, the phrase is self-contradictory sense is never common.
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Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong - but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong.
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