Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.
DescriptionFrench novelist, art theorist and politician
BornNovember 3, 1901
DiedNovember 23, 1976
CountryFrance
ProfessionPolitician; Film Director; Screenwriter; Film Editor; Art Historian; Novelist; Writer
WorksMan's Fate
AwardsOfficer Of The Legion Of Honour; Croix De Guerre 1939–1945; Jawaharlal Nehru Award For International Understanding; Companion Of The Liberation; Prix Goncourt; Distinguished Service Order; Médaille De La Résistance; Order Of The Polar Star; Grand Order Of Merit With Star And Shoulder-Sash
