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Autobiography is usually honest but it is never truthful.

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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The intelligent fights only when he must and never for sport.
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A brute kills for pleasure. A fool kills from hate.
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