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Small change can often be found under seat cushions.
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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I would say that my position is not too far from that of Ayn Rand's that I would like to see government reduced to no more than internal police and courts, external armed forces - with the other matters handled otherwise. I'm sick of the way government sticks its nose in everything, now.
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History does not record anywhere or at any time a religion that has any rational basis.
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Pain is the basic mechanism built into us by millions of years of evolution which safeguards us by warning when something threatens our survival.
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Specialisation is for insects!
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Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling.
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You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.
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A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.
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Autobiography is usually honest but it is never truthful.
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A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.
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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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A skunk is better company than a person who prides himself on being 'frank'.
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Circumstances can force your hand. So think ahead!
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Formal courtesy between husband and wife is even more important than it is between strangers.
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I did the only really brave thing I have ever done in my life: I inched forward.
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Age does not bring wisdom... but it does give perspective... and the saddest sight of all is to see, far behind you, temptations you've resisted.
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Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few.
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Self awareness is NOT just a bunch of amino acids bumping together.
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Must be yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please.
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What is supposed to happen in a democracy is that each sovereign citizen will always vote in the public interest for the safety and welfare of all. But what does happen is that he votes his own self-interest as he sees it... which for the majority translates as 'Bread and Circuses'.
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Do-gooding is like treating hemophilia - the real cure is to let hemophiliacs bleed to death...before they breed more hemophiliacs.
Robert A. Heinlein
