Robert Ruark

Person · Open Library

Born

1915

Died

1965

Works

54

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Germany

Active from

1810-06-08

Active to

1856-07-29

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density

   · 1988 · cited 94,969x

2. Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation

   · 2011 · cited 55,890x

3. Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support

   · 2009 · cited 45,566x

4. Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso

   · 1996 · cited 38,950x

5. The PHQ-9

   · 2001 · cited 38,346x

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Quotes

• “A man can build a staunch reputation for honesty by admitting he was in error, especially when he gets caught at it.”
• “This is a book about Africa in which I have tried to avoid most of the foolishness, personal heroism, and general exaggeration which usually attend works of this sort. It is a book important only to the writer and has no sociological significance whatsoever.”
• “"Toa bundouki m'kubwa," I said. "The big one. Gimme the .470." The gunbearer snapped the barrels onto the elephant gun and slipped a couple of cigar-sized shells into it. I held it on the gory hyena and took his head off. "They say it’s a good woodchuck gun, the .220," Harry said. "I’m inclined to believe they may be right. But for pigs and hyenas and such it ain't much gun, is it?"”
• “If a man does away with his traditional way of living and throws away his good customs, he had better first make certain that he has something of value to replace them.”
• “In order to understand Mau Mau it is first necessary to understand Africa, and the portion of Africa in which Mau Mau was allowed to flourish is only just fifty years old as we reckon civilization. To understand Africa you must understand a basic impulsive savagery that is greater than anything we "civilized" people have encountered in two centuries.”
• “They learn all our bad habits. We destroy every bit of their old logical living because it conflicts with our law, and replace it with bleeding nothing. So now you have, excuse me, please, whores when once there was no such thing as prostitution, and robbers and spivs and sly loafers, because they've become detribalized without becoming decently citified.”

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