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One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals. - Michael Korda

One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals. Michael Korda

Motivational, One Way, Going

The pleasure lies not in the cookies, but in the pattern the crumbs make when the cookies crumble. Michael Korda

Crumble, Crumbs, Pleasure

Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life. - Michael Korda

Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life. Michael Korda

Significance, Art, Teaches

To succeed it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it. Michael Korda

Rise Above, World, Necessary

It is hard to celebrate the past in an ecumenical way, or even in a fair-minded one, apparently. The trouble with the past is not just that it's behind us, it's that it is not even over yet. Michael Korda

Over, Behind, Celebrate

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

Scale, Analysis, Any

An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition. Michael Korda

Ambition, Pound, Ounce

I do not start with a full knowledge of the facts; the whole attraction of writing history is to educate myself: it is an exploration into the unknown - 'a journey without maps,' to borrow Graham Greene's phrase. Michael Korda

Maps, Exploration, Journey

The normal reaction of a publisher when faced with an author with a bee in his bonnet is to grab the check and run. Michael Korda

Bee, Normal, Reaction

We British and Americans have never been conquered and occupied by the Germans, or forced to make the choice between defiance and collaboration, or haunted by the choices, evasions and moral ambiguities that only a defeated and occupied country can feel. Michael Korda

Country, Been, Defeated

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Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement. Michael Korda

Always, Been, Measure

There used to be a strong belief that if you wanted to know what was really going on in a country, the best thing to do was to go there and ask a taxi driver. Michael Korda

Country, Strong, Going

Some people are so famous that the legends about them and the cultural aftermath of their life altogether obscure the real human being. Michael Korda

Some, Human Being, Famous

The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject. Michael Korda

Agitation, Not Good Enough

'Il faut vivre' might almost be the French national motto from 1940 to June 1944, but who is to say ours would have been any different if the Germans had paraded victoriously through London and Generalfeldmarschall Von Runstedt made his headquarters at Claridge's? Michael Korda

Through, Been, London

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets. Michael Korda

Never, Failure, Study

The more you can dream, the more you can do. Michael Korda

Dreams, Dream, More

An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition. Michael Korda

Ambition, Hypocrisy, Pound

When my elders mentioned 'The War,' they invariably meant that of 1914-1918, even after 1939, for the Second World War was merely the continuation of the first, 'an armistice of 20 years,' as Marshal Foch had accurately predicted at the Versailles Peace Conference, with some changes of side. Michael Korda

Some, Conference, Changes

I have an admiration for Mr. Eastwood that borders on the kind that I have for the Grand Canyon. Like it, he is craggy, worn, awesomely impressive and unique, a living four-star tourist attraction that, in the formulaic words of the Guide Michelin, 'vaut le voyage.' Michael Korda

Eastwood, Borders, Tourist

Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared. Michael Korda

Always, Luck, Advantage

It strikes me that people want to be engaged, and that those who go into a bookstore in a time of crisis are much more likely to be looking for explanation than for escapism. Michael Korda

Engaged, Likely, Escapism

The men who died at D-Day did not die shoulder-to-shoulder with their French comrades. They died to liberate the French from a sinister and brutal occupation. Michael Korda

Brutal, Die, Occupation

Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out. Michael Korda

Desire, Work, Fact

Success was always critical to me. What it meant was winning enough praise and external admiration that I could feel myself to be a logical extension of my Uncle Alex, Uncle Zoli, and my father, in that order. Michael Korda

Always, Meant, Extension

Years of standing in the limelight portraying other people for large amounts of money does not usually lead to a high degree of self-examination, let alone self-criticism. Michael Korda

Other, Large, Portraying

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