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Another ingredient in a happy marriage: Budget the luxuries first!
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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Hit it! You have to hit it harder than that. Electrons are timid little things but notional you have to let them know who’s boss.
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Rarest of all is the man who can and does reason at all times, quickly, accurately, inclusively, despite hope or fear or bodily distress, without egocentric bias or thalmic disturbance, with correct memory, with clear distinction between fact, assumption, and non-fact.
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English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing.
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Specialisation is for insects!
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