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An invention is something that was impossible up to then that's why governments grant patents.
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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Some things, the more you understand the more you loathe them.
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Formal courtesy between husband and wife is even more important than it is between strangers.
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A brute kills for pleasure. A fool kills from hate.
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