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To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy – and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.

Robert A. Heinlein

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One man’s ‘magic’ is another man’s engineering. ‘Supernatural’ is a null word.
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Another Engineering Magic Man Null One Supernatural World
When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.
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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
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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.
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The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
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Don’t ever become a pessimist… a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.
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Become Correct Ever Fun More Offer Optimist Perrimist
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors… and miss.
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Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.
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Children Easy Handicap Live Make
Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
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There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured.
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The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.
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Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
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Anything Persuade Themselves Theologian
An armed society is a polite society.
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Arm Polite Society
I don’t see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
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Article Cloth How Indecent Person Yes
Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
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Being Right Social Soon Too Unacceptable
Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
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Excercise Love Merely Neathy Sex

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