There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINIt’s an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.
More Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
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Never insult anyone by accident.
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Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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Political tags – such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth – are never basic criteria.
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Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn’t there.
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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
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Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
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Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.
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The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.
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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
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When a place gets crowded enough to require ID’s, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere.
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Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
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One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.
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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.
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