Julie Howlin"When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins." 10 Neal Stephenson Quotes:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-october-neal-stephenson-quotes.html
The Skye Boat Song is about Bonnie Prince Charlie. It tells of the time that he dressed as an Irish maid called Betty Burke and sailed with Flora MacDonald and five boatmen to the Isle of Skye, across the treacherous waters of the Minch, under cover of night, to escape capture by Hanoverian troops.
10 things you might not know about Bonnie Prince Charlie:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2023/12/31-december-bonnie-prince-charlie.html
"A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition."
10 Rudyard Kipling Quotes:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2014/12/30-december-rudyard-kipling-quotes.html
Rudyard Kipling was the first English-language writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he won in 1907 at the age of 42 - so he's also the youngest ever recipient of that particular prize.
10 things you might not know about Rudyard Kipling:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2015/12/30th-december-rudyard-kipling.html
Marlene Dietrich's first job was as a Violin player in a cinema, with an orchestra accompanying silent films. She was fired after four weeks. It wasn't clear why, with just one source alleging it was because she was too pretty and her legs were too distracting for cinema-goers.
10 things you might not know about Marlene Dietrich:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2017/12/27-december-marlene-deitrich.html
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Grace Kelly came from a well-off and sporting family. Her father, Irish-American John B. Kelly Sr. had won Olympic gold medals for sculling and her mother, Margaret, was the first female to coach women's athletics at the University of Pennsylvania. Her father owned a successful brickwork contracting company.
10 things you might not know about Grace Kelly:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2016/11/12-november-grace-kelly.html
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Baaghi TVRemembering 'Shair-e-Mashriq' Allama Iqbal on his 146th Birth Anniversary
#BaaghiTV #Pakistan #NationalPoet #ShaireMashriq #AllamaIqbal #BirthAnniversay
https://en.baaghitv.com/remembering-shair-e-mashriq-allama-iqbal-on-his-146th-birth-anniversary/
If there was life on Mars, Sagan said, there should be no further exploration of the planet. "Mars then belongs to the Martians," he said, "even if the Martians are only microbes."
10 facts about Carl Sagan:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2021/11/9-november-carl-sagan.html
"Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real."
10 Deepak Chopra quotes:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2019/10/22-october-deepak-chopra-quotes.html
Most people know that Alfred Nobel invented dynamite - but he also invented gelignite (which was what made him very rich) and ballistite, a predecessor of cordite.
10 things you might not know about Alfred Nobel:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2015/10/21st-october-alfred-nobel.html
