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    Frank Herbert
    “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
    ― Frank Herbert, Dune
    tags: bene-gesserit, fear, litany-against-fear, motivational, scifi
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: freedom, law, morality, rules
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: choice, freedom, peace, war
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Never try to outstubborn a cat.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
    tags: cat, cats, stubborn, stubborness
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    “There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.”
    ― Pierre Dos Utt, Tanstaafl: A Plan for a New Economic World Order
    tags: misattributed-milton-friedman, misattributed-robert-a-heinlein, tanstaafl, tanstafl
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.”
    ― Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “There is no such thing as "Just a cat.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
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  • #10
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: benediction, blessing, life, love
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “A desire not to butt into other people's business is at least eighty percent of all human wisdom.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
    tags: wisdom
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: humor, true
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  • #14
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Yield to temptation...it may not pass your way again!”
    ― Robert Heinlein
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  • #15
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Belief gets in the way of learning.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: belief, learning, preconceptions, understanding
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Be wary of strong drink, it can make you shoot at the tax collector...and miss.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
    tags: drinking, inspirational
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.”
    ― Robert Heinlein
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Thinking doesn't pay. Just makes you discontented with what you see around you.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
    tags: thinking
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong - but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Double Star
    tags: side, wrong
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “I know why we laugh. We laugh because it hurts, and it's the only thing to make it stop hurting.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: laughter, pain
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
    tags: lazarus-long-lives
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Take big bites. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
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    Isaac Asimov
    “Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
    ― Isaac Asimov, Foundation
    tags: humor, inspirational, philosophy, wisdom
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    Isaac Asimov
    “Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: atheism, bible, organized-religion, religion
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    Isaac Asimov
    “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
    ― Isaac Asimov, Foundation
    tags: violence
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  • #27
    Isaac Asimov
    “Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: education, learning, lifelong-learning, self-education
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  • #28
    Isaac Asimov
    “Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: humor
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  • #29
    Frank Herbert
    “Education is no substitute for intelligence.”
    ― Frank Herbert
    tags: education, intelligence, wisdom
    676 likes



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