"I verily believe that a man's way with women is in inverse ratio to his prowess among men. The weakling and the saphead have often great ability to charm the fair sex, while the fighting man who can face a thousand real dangers unafraid, sits hiding in the shadows like some frightened child."

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Source : Edgar Rice Burroughs (2014). “Under the Moons of Mars”, p.107, Lulu Press, Inc

Edgar Rice Burroughs

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“Still, there is a calm, pure harmony, and music inside of me.”
“When you smile you don't only appear to be more likable and courteous, you appear to be more competent.”
“Skin has become inadequate in interfacing with reality. Technology has become the body's new membrane of existence.”
“There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.”

Source : "The Emperor's Old Clothes". Communications of the ACM 24 (2), (pp. 75-83), February 1981.
“Would you rather be right or free?”
“James was truly an unknown quantity. He was really, physically drained in the spring and he got dinged in the fall. We brought him along slowly, but he has a great future. He's a natural receiver.”
“I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.”
“But I find that for myself, without exception, the more I deal with the work as something that is my own, as something that is personal, the more successful it is.”

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