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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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Done Everything Impossible Theoretically Until
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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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One man’s theology is another man’s belly laugh.
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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 because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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