Michael Korda Quotes
The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.
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He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.
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I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my shareholders are not happy and my customers are not happy.
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The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
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With the backdrop of its geostrategic location and historical ties with the Middle East, Turkey has an essential role to play for the stability, peace and social development of the region.
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There's always hunger to create because I believe that's what I do. I believe that's what I'm supposed to be doing.
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I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.
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Those of us raised in modern cities tend to notice horizontal and vertical lines more quickly than lines at other orientations. In contrast, people raised in nomadic tribes do a better job noticing lines skewed at intermediate angles, since Mother Nature tends to work with a wider array of lines than most architects.
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An uplifting sense of purpose is more than an impetus for individual accomplishment, it is also a necessary insurance policy against expediency and impropriety.
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History should belong to all of us, and it needs to include people from different cultural backgrounds. Otherwise, it risks becoming irrelevant to children, who could then become disenchanted with education.
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Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.
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The political process is rough and tumble by definition, and being grounded in faith in a Higher Power has proven helpful in navigating the difficult terrain.
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American voters have to pay closer attention to politics if they want to avoid four years of whining about the outcome.
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Going to the conventions, seeing the incredible amount of love that people put into their clothing, costumes, gadgetry, and art of all kinds, is a huge treat for me.
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It's always nice when you do something and it's well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around, you take a deep breath, appreciate it, but not take it too seriously.
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Say something personal, not from a publicist.
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Free-diving is all about being lean, being super-flexible, and having a good breath hold.
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Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don't think that's a good trend for the theater at all.
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It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals.
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To blossom forth, a work of art must ignore or rather forget all the rules.
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I think you don't break new ground in anything in life if you are willing to just follow the rules.
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Animal. Our self-reflective perception, our judging and choosing, are what constitute our soul, our consciousness, our conscience (sometimes).
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To become a big movie star like Joan Crawford you need to wear blinders and pay single-minded attention to your career. Nobody paid attention to me, including me. I was the original Cinderella girl, looking for the happy ending in the fairy story. But my fantasy prince never came.
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The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.
