Michael Korda Quotes

Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility... in the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have... is the ability to take on responsibility.

Michael Korda

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I was sick and tired of reading other people's epigraphs. They all seemed to be in ancient Greek, middle French or, when they were translated, they never seemed to relate to the book at hand. Basically, they seemed to be there just to baffle you and to impress you with how smart the writer is.

Jim Crace

SmartTiredPeopleBookReadingYou

Even the notion that women should have children at all is based on the idea that a woman's inherent and most important role is that of mother. Shockingly, men's 'innate' roles are a lot more fun than the ones bestowed on women.

Jessica Valenti

MotherWomenChildrenMenWomanFun

We have the resources and technology to produce more energy than we consume and break our long-standing dependence on foreign sources of oil. All we need is the will. In fact, there's a path to follow, one that North Dakota blazed over the last decade by building a comprehensive energy plan we called Empower North Dakota.

John Hoeven

TechnologyPathBuildingEnergyPlan

Technology has opened up the music business 100-fold and provided space for all kinds of new faces.

Andy Mineo

BusinessMusicTechnologySpaceNew

A rich man told me recently that a liberal is a man who tells other people what to do with their money.

Amiri Baraka

MoneyManPeopleMeRichRich Man

Focus on doing the right things instead of a bunch of things.

Mike Krieger

FocusDoingRightThingsInstead

My style when I was 17 was very low-key with jeans, T-shirts, and Converse. I was signed to a major record label by then, so I had stylists helping me.

Michelle Branch

StyleMeJeansLow-KeyConverse

It's going to take a while before we see a real shift in the students and the dancers that are going into professional companies because it takes so many years of training, but I do think that there's a new crop of dancers, of minority dancers that are entering into the ballet world.

Misty Copeland

TrainingWorldThinkProfessional

I love 'Paranormal Activity' and 'The Exorcist.' 'The Shining' is a great one too, but there's not a lot that scares me. Maybe it's because I know the other side of it, and I know how movies are made, but it takes a lot for me to get freaked out.

Lucy Hale

LoveGreatMeKnowMoviesOut

I think that it's a good thing that you want to be part of making the world a better place, including between nine and five.

Jason Kander

GoodWorldThinkBetterYouPlace

With the intention of signing Lin back, I saw that I can help.

Jason Kidd

HelpBackIntentionI CanSaw

I have to be clear with myself and very conscious of what I am trying to say. Misunderstandings will always take place; it's unavoidable.

Jose Padilha

MyselfI AmTryingPlaceSayWill

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