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Robert A. Heinlein
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Robert A. Heinlein
Age: 80 †
Born: 1907
Born: July 7
Died: 1988
Died: May 8
Essayist
Literary Critic
Naval Officer
Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Science Writer
Screenwriter
Stonemason
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Butler
Missouri
Robert Anson Heinlein
Anson MacDonald
Lyle Monroe
John Riverside
Caleb Saunders
Simon York
Specialization
Insects
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War is not violence and killing, pure and simple war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him but to make him do what you want him to do. Not killing... but controlled and purposeful violence.
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His was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency.
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Magic is not science, it is a collection of ways to do things ways that work but often we don't know why.
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In past history popularly elected governments have been no better and sometimes far worse than overt tyrannies.
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It was better to live with disappointment and frustration than to live without hope.
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All my enemies are self-appointed.
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Money is a powerful aphrodisiac but flowers work almost as well.
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Democracy is four wolves and a sheep voting on dinner.
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The stars incline, but do not impel.
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I have never been impressed by the formal schools of ethics.
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The intelligent fights only when he must and never for sport.
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