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" I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "

Robert A. Heinlein

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" The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract. "

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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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" Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... 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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" Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do. "

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