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" Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. "

Robert A. Heinlein

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" By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity. "

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" Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. "

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" No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority. "

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" There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick. "

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" It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip. "

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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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" A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill. "

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" I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. 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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" 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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" Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. "

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