Quotes from Michael Korda

I found this at Google's "Brainy Quote":

• What you hear repeatedly you will eventually believe.


• 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.

• The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.

• 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.

• The more you can dream, the more you can do.

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

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

• 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.

I looked up Michael Korda on Wikipedia. I remembered him as the author of "Queenie," whose story was a clearly a thinly disgused version of his aunt Merle Oberon's story (His uncle was her ex-husband Sir Alexander Korda). I saw the miniseries that was based on the book twice (about 10 years apart). I had also heard that he was not crazy about Auntie Merle, which does not surprise me if you read the book. I also vaguely remembered that he could be droll at times and some of the quotes not included have bits of that.

What I found more interesting about his entry than his career and his connection with the later Merle Oberon (she herself an interesting study in the fine art of passing) was that he is the father of Chris Korda, a child whose path clearly makes one say, "Wow and I thought I had it bad because my child won't clean up his room when I ask..." Chris' Church of Euthanasia is... ah... interesting-particularly its "Four Pillars" of suicide, abortion, cannibalism and sodomy.

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The Invaders

"The Invaders" was a 1960s tv show that starred Roy Thinnes and had to do with aliens that invaded the Earth but that were hidden amongst us. Roy's character was one of the few that understood what was going on and waged a one man crusade against it.

I was not alive during its original run. I did watch it as a block of Sunday afternoon programming that the local station Channel 68 had. The block included "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," "The Rookies" and "Charlie's Angels." I thought the pairing of the last two were interesting since "The Rookies" was Kate Jackson's first tv series and "Charlie's Angels" was the series that followed.

At any rate, "The Invaders" has a fan site: http://www.theinvaders.co.uk/.

September's BlogThings...

You Are Reverse Pocky

Your attitude: rebellious and clever Non-conformist, but curiously a trendsetter With you, up is down... and it's a wild ride!

What Flavor Pocky Are You?

When Brands try to be 'Cool'

Jennifer Rice hits it out of the park again at her blog:

Trying to be cool


It should be required reading for all of the Burger Kings, the McDonalds, the Wal-Marts and their ilk.

A lecture on responsibility-Hollywood style

I normally don't read 'People' and my interest in the gossip of today's Hollywood is minimal at best.
I was googling Oprah's opening a school in South Africa for girls when I came across this article in 'People':

Lindsay Lohan Blasted for 'Heavy Partying'

and this one:

Costar Knocks Lindsay Lohan's Lateness

At the end of the day, work is work and if your inexcusable behaviour gets in the way of that, you will find yourself out of work. Even iconic Marilyn Monroe was fired by her studio for excessive lateness, not being prepared and excessive calling out.


James Robinson of Morgan Creek productions was not out of line in his letter which is Work Rules Etiquette 101, neither was actor William H. Macy, who recognizes that talent and money is never an excuse for behaving badly.

We all make mistakes-a few more at 20 than at other ages. I know that Lindsay Lohan will pull it together.