"If you're up against a smart opponent, make him think himself to death."

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Source : "Chanur's Legacy". Book by C. J. Cherryh, 1992.

C. J. Cherryh

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“Worry is worthless. It can't change the past or control the future. It only spoils the moment.”
“I like the personality of the Belgians. They're deeply eccentric, which is something that comes across in their design - terrific.”
“[Jack Nicklaus] was the first to bring in course management. He could go to a course and tell you within one stroke what was going to win. He used to set his sights on that because he could shoot it. He was the only player I know who, if he decided he wanted to win a tournament, could go out and do it. No one will ever be as popular as Arnold Palmer and no one will ever come close to Jack as a player.”
“Today, words. Tomorrow, sticks and stones. And the day after that?”
“The relationship between looking and desire is really about the promise of revelation - the hope that the subject of your gaze will reveal something to you - whether or not that revelation is prurient. And that's really what eroticism is - the anticipation of disclosure.”

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“My fans are sexy. Yes they are. They can't help themselves. It is just how they do.”
“Not fulfilling your dreams will be a loss to the world, because the world needs everyone's gift - yours and mine.”
“So let me put it thus: Hold on to your principles of morality and ethics, use your willpower to the limit, pay great heed to every noble, uplifting desire that is in you; but realize that these things alone are not enough, that they will never bring you to the desired place. We have to realize that all our best is totally inadequate, that a spiritual battle must be fought in a spiritual manner.”

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