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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
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Robert Anson Heinlein
Anson MacDonald
Lyle Monroe
John Riverside
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Whoring is like military service...okay in the upper brackets, not so good lower down.
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All my enemies are self-appointed.
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The only thing privacy laws accomplish is making the bugs smaller.
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