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    Harlan Ellison
    “You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
    ― Harlan Ellison
    tags: ignorance, intelligence, opinions, stupidity
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: rah
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    Neil Gaiman
    “I am selfish, private and easily bored. Will this be a problem?”
    ― Neil Gaiman, A Study in Emerald
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    Arthur C. Clarke
    “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
    ― Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible
    tags: magic, science, technology, wonder
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    Harlan Ellison
    “The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.”
    ― Harlan Ellison
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    Mira Grant
    “Things it is not polite to discuss at the dinner table: politics, religion, and the walking dead.”
    ― Mira Grant, Deadline
    tags: discourse
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    Philip K. Dick
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
    ― Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
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    George Alec Effinger
    “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from doubletalk.”
    ― George Alec Effinger
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    Roger Zelazny
    “I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can see that there is something to hold back the shadows.”
    ― Roger Zelazny, Nine Princes in Amber
    tags: libraries, libraries-shadows, security, words
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    Roger Zelazny
    “Nobody steals books but your friends.”
    ― Roger Zelazny, The Guns of Avalon
    tags: books, friendship, inspirational, irony, stealing
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    Roger Zelazny
    “Don't wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects.”
    ― Roger Zelazny, Prince of Chaos
    tags: apocalypse, armageddon, cinema, death, end-of-the-world, life, post-modernism, simulacra
    207 likes

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  • #12
    “Let me strive every moment of my life to make myself better and better, to the best of my ability, that all may profit by it.
    Let me think of the right and lend all my assistance to those who need it, with no regard for anything but justice.
    Let me take what comes with a smile, without loss of courage.
    Let me be considerate of my country, of my fellow citizens and my associates in everything I say and do.
    Let me do right to all, and wrong no man.”
    ― Kenneth Robeson, The Man of Bronze
    tags: inspirational, oath
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    Theodore Sturgeon
    “90% of everything is crap.”
    ― Theodore Sturgeon
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    Clifford D. Simak
    “Once there had been joy, but now there was only sadness, and it was not, he knew, alone the sadness of an empty house; it was the sadness of all else, the sadness of the Earth, the sadness of the failures and the empty triumphs.”
    ― Clifford D. Simak, City
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: cats, humor, women
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
    tags: essential, happiness, love
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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
    “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
    558 likes

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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
    “Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: humor, true
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
    tags: religion
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  • #23
    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
    “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
    “If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
    tags: choice, democracy, vote
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Thou art god, I am god. All that groks is god.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
    tags: aging, elderly, old-people, seniors
    92 likes

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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “I grok in fullness.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
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  • #30
    Rob Thurman
    “I wonder if I brought my Silly-cat in…could you tell me what she’s thinking?’
    ‘I can tell you what she’s thinking right now, no touching necessary,’ I drawled. ‘She’s thinking if she were three times her size, she would eat you.’ …Every cat that was awake when I’d smoothed its fur with a bare hand thought that. Every cat I touched that was asleep dreamed that.”
    ― Rob Thurman, All Seeing Eye
    tags: cats, cats-vs-dogs, rob-thurman
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