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LARRY NIVEN The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program.
LARRY NIVEN I was asleep, in the upstairs bedroom, in the rear of the house. There was this tremendous crash, th...
LARRY MILLER Manufacturers are making products kosher to get in on that market, plus more people are looking for ...
LARRY MILLER Women say they have sexual thoughts too. They have no idea. It's the difference between shooting...
LARRY MILLER Day baseball is now dead for all practical purposes. Sooner or later, the game will be played in its...
LARRY MACPHAIL I should contribute generously to the war chest of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. But, ...
LARRY MACPHAIL When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go ...
LARRY MACPHAIL The danger in a brood mare band is that your mares become antiquated, and you wake up some day and r...
LARRY MACPHAIL The only way you can obtain brood mares on a basis you can afford is to buy two or three yearling fi...
LARRY MACPHAIL It had been my idea that a combination of purebred cattle and horses could be successful from an eco...
LARRY MACPHAIL I decided that I wanted a farm back in 1940 when I was with the Dodgers. I tried to find one within ...
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