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In Wilson's scale of evaluations breakfast rated just after life itself and ahead of the chance of immortality.
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
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Lyle Monroe
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Anything which is physically possible can always be made financially possible money is a bugaboo of small minds.
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There are hidden contradictions in the minds of people who love Nature while deploring the artificialities with which Man has spoiled Nature.' The obvious contradiction lies in their choice of words, which imply that Man and his artifacts are not part of Nature : but beavers and their dams are.
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God created men to test the souls of women.
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Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
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The commonest weakness of our race is our ability to rationalize our most selfish purposes.
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The most important lesson in the writing trade is that any manuscript is improved if you cut away the fat.
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Must be a yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please. Rules, laws - always for other fellow. A murky part of us, something we had before we came down out of trees, and failed to shuck when we stood up.
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