"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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"The more you can dream, the more you can do."
Michael Korda"Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets."
Michael Korda"The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success."
Michael Korda"This is true enough, but success is the next best thing to happiness, and if you can't be happy as a success, it's very unlikely that you would find a deeper, truer happiness in failure."
Michael Korda"One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals."
Michael Korda"The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance."
Michael Korda"If you don't believe in yourself, then who will believe in you? The next man's way of getting there might not necessarily work for me, so I have to create my own ways of getting there."
Michael Korda"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"Many years ago, I had the pleasure of editing a book by Joan Crawford, who, like Norma Desmond, was still a big star; it was just the movies that had gotten smaller."
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