Michael Korda Quotes

When someone has spent a lifetime trying to survive a death sentence, the last thing you want is your children uncovering what you have been at such pains to conceal.

Michael Korda

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The issue of the environment as seen by Pope Francis is not a matter of purely scientific or, indeed, theological debate: it involves economic and political views on how the world's poor can be brought out of poverty while protecting the environment.

John Cornwell

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My obsession with James Franco borders on the unhealthy.

Max von Essen

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Growing up, I thought it would be great if I could do big theaters. Now we're doing arenas.

Jeff Dunham

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I'm an orthodox fighter, relaxed, fast, and powerful. And I've got good footwork.

Amir Khan

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Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.

Stefan Banach

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We believe strongly that all meaningful change comes from entrepreneurs.

Steve Jurvetson

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Prior to my call to the Twelve, I served as a medical doctor and surgeon.

Russell M. Nelson

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It is very challenging to adapt to life at a big club like Madrid, but I'm not the kind of person to make excuses.

Luka Modric

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I transcend earthly bounds. I never cease to amaze myself because I haven't yet found my limits. I am quite ready to accept the limits of what I can do, but every time I feel that way - boom! - God touches me and I do something that's even more stupendous than whatever I've done up to then.

Don King

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As the leader, you're empowering talent. Once you've given the direction, it's a joy to see it put into action, to see people on every level of the company carrying out the strategy.

Denise Morrison

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In 1973, I was offered a professorship at the University of California, San Diego. Although I was certainly not unhappy at Nottingham, I had been there over twenty years from starting undergraduate studies to Professor of Applied Statistics and Econometrics, and I thought that a change of scene was worth considering.

Clive Granger

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It was no mystery why Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold had singled me out as a prime prospect for their heinous crime. My grandfather, Julius Rosenwald, was the chairman of the board of Sears, Roebuck and Co. His prominence made me an ideal choice.

Armand Deutsch

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