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Heinlein’s lines explore how desire fuels both personal quests and larger societal shifts.

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

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They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

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Women talk when they want to. Or don't.

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If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do…

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“Find out what you want to do, then do it. Never talk yourself into doing something you don’t want. Think”

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The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.

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There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think…

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Sovereign," like "love," means anything you want it to mean; it's a word in dictionary between "sober" and "sozzled.

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I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it.

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Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human…

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The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with those three you can learn anything you…

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My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity . . . and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered…

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Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that…

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If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want…

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- I'm so busy doing what I must do that I don't have time for what I ought to do... and I…

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Sex, whatever else it is, is an athletic skill. The more you practice, the more you can, the more you want to,…

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It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code. Most of these…

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“War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to…

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The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes,…

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Of all the nonsense that twists the world, the concept of 'altruism' is the worst. People do what they want to, every…

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It's a long story. Want a refill?" "No, let's start the steak. Where's the button?" "Right here." "Well, push it." "Me? You…

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Ninety percent of all human wisdom is the ability to mind your own business.

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Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.

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Most neuroses and some psychoses can be traced to the unnecessary and unhealthy habit of daily wallowing in the troubles and sins of five…

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

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“Some people are ants by nature; they have to work, even when it’s useless. Few people have a talent for constructive laziness.”

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“The instinct to survive is human nature itself, and every aspect of our personalities derives from it. Anything that conflicts with the survival instinct…

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