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Aside from a cold appreciation of my own genius I felt that I was a modest man.
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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Science Fiction Writer
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Robert Anson Heinlein
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