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I like Nightshades, howbout you?
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"For my part I deem those blessed to whom, by favour of the gods, it has been granted either to do what is worth writing of, or to write what is worth reading; above measure blessed those on whom both gifts have been conferred. In the latter number will be my uncle, by virtue of his own and of your compositions." - Pliny the Younger
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Heinlein Quotes:

"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."

"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."

"When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives."

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

"A generation which ignores history has no past and no future."

"When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere."

"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."

"Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.'

"Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything."

"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."

"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."

"Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen."

"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."

"If you would know a man, observe how he treats a cat."

"How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven."

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."

"Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."

"No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers."

"I never learned from a man who agreed with me."

"Being right too soon is socially unacceptable."

"May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live."

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