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Saturday, December 17, 2005

Quote about human beings

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, con 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, analyse a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

[R.A Heinlein: Notebook of Lazarus Long]

(I found this in the May 24 ,2005 issue of PC Magazine in an article that quoted random blogs.