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Old 27th March 2007, 10:12 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: Favourite Heinlein Quotes

My own personal favourite has always been the one from the Notebooks:

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Originally Posted by Lazarus Long

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
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