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Robert A. Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein (/ˈhaɪnlaɪn/; July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", his sometimes controversial works continue to have an influential effect on the genre, and on modern culture more generally.

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I'm always suspicious of disinterested interest.

Disinterested, Interest, Suspicious

I think perhaps of all the things a police state can do to its citizens, distorting history is possibly the most pernicious.

Citizens, Pernicious, Police, Possibly, State, Thinking

Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.

Inspirational, Mom, Mother, Biological, Attitude, Relation

The right to figure things out for yourself is the only true freedom everyone shares. Go use it.

Figures, Freedom, Share, Things, Use

Gratitude is a euphemism for resentment.

Euphemism, Gratitude, Resentment

I think that science fiction has a distinct therapeutic value because all of it has as its primary postulate that the world does change. I cannot overemphasize the importance of that idea.

Change, Doe, Ideas, Overemphasize, Therapeutic, Thinking

But when they began handing out doctorates for comparative folk dancing and advanced fly-fishing, I became too stink in’ proud to use the title. I won’t touch watered whiskey and I take no pride in watered-down degrees.

Comparative, Dancing, Doctorates, Fishing, Pride

A human being has no natural rights of any nature.

Human, Humans, Natural, Nature, Rights

He never gave up his search for the Door into Summer.

Ambition, Door, Gave, Hope, Summer

Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together.

Man, Men, Perfectly, Together, Working Together

If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do. Be patient and you'll give birth to it when the time is ripe. Learn to wait.

Creative, Giving, Happen, Idea, Ideas, Ripe

From somewhere, back in my youth, heard Prof say, 'Manuel, when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again. ' He had been teaching me something he himself did not understand very well—something in math—but had taught me something far more important, a basic principle.

Important, Manuel, Math, Taught, Teaching, Youth

Luck is a tag given by the mediocre to account for the accomplishments of genius.

Accomplishment, Account, Genius, Luck

I've never understood how God could expect His creatures to pick the one true religion by faith-it strikes me as a sloppy way to run a universe.

Religion, Run, Running, Universe, Way

Working because you want to is the best sort of play.

Play, Sort, Want, Working

The saddest thing about ephemerals was that their little lives rarely held time enough for love.

Enough, Life, Littles, Lives, Love, Thing

A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws.

Law, Person, Prudes, Rules, Thinking, Thinks

Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.

Accomplishes, Evil, Goodness, Wisdom

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.

Count, Freedom, Having, Peace, Wisdom

He's an honest politician--he stays bought.

Bought, Honest, Politician, Stays

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