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" The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship. "
Robert A. Heinlein
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" Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat. "
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" A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. "
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