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Never frighten a little man. He'll kill you.
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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Robert Anson Heinlein
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Lyle Monroe
John Riverside
Caleb Saunders
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Oh, you have to charge 'em, Jubal. The marks won't pay attention if it's free.
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Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
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Patriotism is not sentimental nonsense. Nor something dreamed up by demagogues. Patriotism is as necessary a part of man's evolutionary equipment as are his eyes, as useful to the race as eyes are to the individual.
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Liberty is never unalienable, it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes.
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My old man taught me two things: 'Mind own business' and 'Always cut cards.'
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Most women are damn fools and children. But they've got more range than we've got. The brave ones are braver, the good ones are better - and the vile ones are viler, for that matter.
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Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is always in short supply.
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I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it.
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Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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Behind every mystery lies another mystery.
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All human behavior, all human motivations, all man’s hopes and fears, were heavily colored and largely controlled by mankind’s tragic and oddly beautiful pattern of reproduction.
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