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1 " Take a look around,” the instructor had advised. “Ask yourself if there’s anyone else who is better qualified to do the job. Not in the entire galaxy, but right there, at that point in time. If the answer is ‘yes,’ ask them to accept command, and do everything you can to support them. If the answer is ‘no,’ which it will be ninety-nine percent of the time, then take your best shot. That’s all any of us can do. "
2 " Sometimes she would be engaged in a laboratory exercise or a seminar when the instructor would say, " Gentlemen, let's proceed," and sensing Ellie's frown would add, " Sorry, Miss Arroway, but I think of you as one of the boys." The highest compliment they were capable of paying was that in their minds she was not overtly female. "
3 " Maybe I needed sensitivity training. I once signed up for an anger management class, but the instructor pissed me off. "
― Darynda Jones , First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson, #1)
