Author: Michael Korda

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In Britain and Europe, no event is less forgotten than World War I, or 'The Great War,' as it was called until 1939.

In Britain and Europe, no event is less forgotten than World War I, or 'The Great War,' as it was called until 1939.

- Michael Korda

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

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

- Michael Korda

Chanel took women out of corsets and put them into the 'simple little black dress,' the perfectly tailored suit, the bell-bottom sailor pants, and jersey tops.

Chanel took women out of corsets and put them into the 'simple little black dress,' the perfectly tailored suit, the bell-bottom sailor pants, and jersey tops.

- Michael Korda

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

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

- Michael Korda

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

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

- Michael Korda

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.

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

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

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

- Michael Korda

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.

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

Speaking as somebody who is half English and half Hungarian, World War I still seems to me a familiar and seismic event, as if it had only just ended.

Speaking as somebody who is half English and half Hungarian, World War I still seems to me a familiar and seismic event, as if it had only just ended.

- Michael Korda

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