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History does not record anywhere or at any time a religion that has any rational basis.
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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How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?
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Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.
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Humans hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn - when they do, which isn't often - on their own, the hard way.
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Being privileged to work hard for long hours at something you think is worth doing is the best kind of play.
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...more than six people cannot agree on anything, three is better and one is perfect for a job that one can do. This is why parliamentary bodies all through history, when they accomplished anything, owed it to a few strong men who dominated the rest.
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Do not confuse duty with what other people expect of you they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.
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Never force an idea you'll abort it if you do.
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The killer looked up as the bullet hit him. He looked as if he were puzzled by some strange occurence, being too freshly dead to be aware of it.
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You have to give an editor something to change, or he gets fretful. After he pees in it, he likes the flavor better, so he buys it.
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