Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort … - Robert A. Heinlein

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I am an artisan. I only became an artist when people watch what I do. That is when it becomes art.

Robert A. Heinlein

Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain. . . The best things in life are beyond money; their price is agony and sweat and devotion. . . and the price demanded for the most precious of all things in life is life itself--ultimate cost for perfect value

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Don't tell me violence doesn't solve anything. Look at Carthage.

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