Top Items About Admiration
Type | Title | Teaser | Author | Views | Rating |
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| Quotes | Napoleon Bonaparte on being George Washington | Napoleon's memoirs show how deeply he admired George Washington and how baffled he was by his voluntary relinquishment of... | root | 155 | |
| Anecdotes | Dressed for Success? | On September 11, 1985, the Cincinnati Reds` Pete Rose broke baseball legend Ty Cobb`s 4,191-hit record. Told of the... | Anonymous | 64 | |
| Anecdotes | Angelic Voice | Franz Haydn visited Sir Joshua Reynolds in his studio one day shortly after the artist had completed a beautiful portrait... | Anonymous | 59 | |
| Anecdotes | Gershwin & Stravinsky: Music Lessons | George Gershwin once considered taking lessons from Igor Stravinsky. "How much will you charge to come over and give... | Anonymous | 51 | |
| Quotes | Billy Joel on the first rock star | "He was writing rock and roll before there was such a thing, in terms of the passion and the sex drive, even his... | root | 49 | |
| Anecdotes | Young Kathleen Turner | As an aspiring young actress, Kathleen Turner once had occasion to meet Lauren Bacall. Turner`s first words to her... | Anonymous | 46 | |
| Anecdotes | Will Smith & Muhammad Ali | For his role in Ali, Will Smith gained thirty-five pounds and learned to mimic the famed boxer`s silent, eager,... | Anonymous | 46 | |
| Anecdotes | Franklin Mooning | Soon after George Washington`s victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin, then America`s minister in Europe, attended a... | Anonymous | 43 | |
| Trivia | Vladimir Putin on Stalin's purges | In Russia [in 2007].. Stalin`s memory is being burnished. A new guide for history teachers describes Stalin as the... | root | 34 | |
| Anecdotes | Young Toni Braxton | Toni Braxton seemed destined to become a singer from an early age. As a child, she could often be found wearing pantyhose... | Anonymous | 32 |
