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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Northwoods on December 24, 2011, 10:29:08 PM
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I remember reading on THR, or here, a quote about how every man should be able to do certain things. Anyone have that handy?
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I'm guessing it's the Robert Heinlein quote, in the mouth of his character Lazarus Long, in Time Enough for Love (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Enough_for_Love).
“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.”
Found it here (http://thinkexist.com/quotes/lazarus_long/2.html) after a quick google search.
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"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." --Robert Heinlein
Izzat it?
ETA: Dammit! Lee beat me to it.
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THAT'S IT.
Thanks, and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!eleventy!!11!!!
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Just don't forget another of L.L. quotations, quite appropriate for the season.
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors, and miss.
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Just don't forget another of L.L. quotations, quite appropriate for the season.
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors, and miss.
:lol: :lol:
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"Rub her feet."
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Check out 'The Notebooks of Lazarus Long', available on Nook or Kindle for $4.99 and originally published in 'Time Enough For Love' as excerpts from the memoirs of the character Lazarus Long. Republished in book form a couple of times, most recently by Baen (sadly, not in Webscriptions, apparently). I had the Baen edition, back in '04, but think I must have donated it -I no longer own it. I'll have to get the Kindle edition, as I have a Kindle reader on my phone and that collection of Heinlein wisdom should be in my collection.
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"Rub her feet."
One of my favorites! =D
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Old-World Courtliness and an innate sense of Tact prevents me from commenting. Also, the threat of community censure.
I'm not signing this one so nobody will know who posted it.
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'Bout time you showed your face around here 230RN. Missed you!
But comments about my feet have become passe, so let's move along shall we? =D
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"Rub her feet."
One of my favorites! =D
Used that during my 'Best Man' speech at my buddy's wedding. My soon-to-be wife was in attendance, and that was the part of the speech she remembered. Much to my chagrin, of course. :lol:
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'Bout time you showed your face around here 230RN. Missed you!
Glad I ducked in time.
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You guys are leaving out the tag line: "Specialization is for insects."
The tag line popped up in third place when I typed "specializa" into Google.
Edit: Ooops! Never mind!
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One to keep near your heart during Primary season:
"Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice... and Moderation in the pursuit of Justice is no virtue." Not Heinlein... Goldwater.