“Go ahead. Go right ahead. Don’t let me discourage you. Any objections from me would simply confirm your preconceptions.”

—  Robert A. Heinlein , book The Rolling Stones

Source: The Rolling Stones (1952), Chapter 14, “Flat Cats Factorial” (p. 187)

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American science fiction author 1907–1988

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