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Analogy is even slipperier than logic.
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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Naval Officer
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Robert Anson Heinlein
Anson MacDonald
Lyle Monroe
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Patriotism is not 'my country right or wrong' patriotism means loving the ideals for which America stands and having the courage to speak up when these ideals are distorted for personal or political gain. The American government was instituted to be the servant of the people, not our master.
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That old saw about the early bird just proves that the worm should have stayed in bed.
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But, if there ever was a time in history when peace meant that there was no fighting going on, I have been unable to find out about it.
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It was better to live with disappointment and frustration than to live without hope.
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The shamans are forever yacking about their snake oil miracles. I prefer the real McCoy, a pregnant woman.
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You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.
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Must be a yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please. Rules, laws - always for other fellow. A murky part of us, something we had before we came down out of trees, and failed to shuck when we stood up.
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