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Comedy Duos Whose Members Shine Individually
Comedy Duos Whose Members Shine Individually
by curious_compiler  • 
2 in common: Hugh Laurie and Steve Martin
A good partnership can make two performers seem inseparable, but watching their work apart often reveals more about what each contributes. These individual entries pair a familiar collaboration...
Celebrities
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Stars Who Walked Away from a Winning Formula
Stars Who Walked Away from a Winning Formula
by list_wrangler  • 
2 in common: Steve Martin and Bob Dylan
Success brings pressure to repeat it. These musicians, comics and actors made documented decisions to give up a reliable, profitable image for riskier work, sometimes at real cost to sales...
Celebrities
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Celebrities Whose Early Jobs Shaped Their Later Work
Celebrities Whose Early Jobs Shaped Their Later Work
by list_wrangler  • 
In common: Michael Crichton
This is not a list of surprising day jobs. Every entry here is a documented job held before fame that fed directly into the work that made the person famous, from wartime intelligence behind the...
Celebrities
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American Football Players Who Redefined Their Position
American Football Players Who Redefined Their Position
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Deion Sanders
American football is a game of specialists, and every so often one player changes what a position is expected to do: the receiver who invented route-running, the linebacker who made the pass rush...
Sports
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Political Figures Whose Memoirs Reward a Critical Reading
Political Figures Whose Memoirs Reward a Critical Reading
by curious_compiler  • 
2 in common: Václav Havel and Winston Churchill
Political memoirs can reveal how decisions felt from inside an institution, how a leader wants a career remembered and which experiences they consider worth preserving. These 20 political figures...
Politics
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Water-Loving Dog Breeds for Lake and Coast Lovers
Water-Loving Dog Breeds for Lake and Coast Lovers
by curious_compiler  • 
More from curious_compiler
For anyone living near a lake, river or the sea who wants a dog that would rather be wet than dry. Every breed here was developed for real work in water, from herding fish into nets and hauling...
Animals
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Musicians Whose Interviews Are as Interesting as Their Songs
Musicians Whose Interviews Are as Interesting as Their Songs
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Patti Smith
A good music interview can change the way a record sounds afterwards. These musicians offer different kinds of conversation worth staying with: practical explanations of a studio decision, an...
Celebrities
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Musicians with Unexpected Second Careers
Musicians with Unexpected Second Careers
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Patti Smith
These musicians built substantial working lives beyond making and performing music. The selection includes researchers, an airline pilot, elected representatives, entrepreneurs, a pastor, writers...
Celebrities
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Celebrities Who Returned with Their Strongest Work
Celebrities Who Returned with Their Strongest Work
by list_wrangler  • 
In common: Bob Dylan
Careers rarely rise in a straight line. These musicians and actors came back after quieter periods, lost record deals, industry neglect or time spent working out of the spotlight, and made what...
Celebrities
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Television Stars Who Successfully Moved Behind the Camera
Television Stars Who Successfully Moved Behind the Camera
by list_wrangler  • 
In common: Donald Glover
Some of television's most influential producers, writers and directors first became famous in front of the camera. This list follows the stars who took control of what got made, from Lucille Ball...
Celebrities
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People Who Made Difficult Subjects Easier to Understand
People Who Made Difficult Subjects Easier to Understand
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Leonard Bernstein
A clear explanation gives you something you can use: a question to ask, a picture to think with or a connection to follow. These are my choices for sustained public communication across science...
People
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Screen Actors with Exceptional Physical Comedy
Screen Actors with Exceptional Physical Comedy
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Steve Martin
A fall is only the beginning. The best physical comedians make us understand the plan, spot the obstacle and anticipate the precise moment when confidence gives way. This selection follows...
Celebrities
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People Who Built Wealth from Entertainment Rights
People Who Built Wealth from Entertainment Rights
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Bob Dylan
A hit can keep earning long after its first release. These 20 creators and performers show how publishing, recordings, fictional characters and theatre rights became valuable assets. The selection...
Business
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Pop Personalities Who Changed the Music Video Era
Pop Personalities Who Changed the Music Video Era
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Donald Glover
A music video can turn a singer into a character, make a dance inseparable from a song, or let a performer argue with their own public image. These selections trace those possibilities from early...
Celebrities
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European Leaders Who Shaped Postwar Democracy
European Leaders Who Shaped Postwar Democracy
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Václav Havel
Europe's democracies after 1945 were built, and in the south and east rebuilt in the 1970s and after 1989, through specific design choices: constructive votes of no confidence, constitutional...
Politics
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Political Figures Who Shaped Competition Policy
Political Figures Who Shaped Competition Policy
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Theodore Roosevelt
Competition policy needs more than a promise to oppose monopolies. It needs rules, agencies, evidence and workable remedies. These historical cases compare lawmakers, ministers, commissioners and...
Politics
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US Governors Who Became National Political Figures
US Governors Who Became National Political Figures
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Theodore Roosevelt
Statehouses have produced seventeen presidents and many more national figures, and the 'laboratories of democracy' idea suggests governors bring tested records with them. Sometimes they do...
Politics
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US Politicians Who Ran Influential Losing Campaigns
US Politicians Who Ran Influential Losing Campaigns
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Theodore Roosevelt
Some American campaigns lost the election and still changed what came after: a party's platform, its coalition, its rules for picking nominees or the way candidates raise money. This list is for...
Politics
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Political Leaders Who Made an Impact After Leaving Office
Political Leaders Who Made an Impact After Leaving Office
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Václav Havel
Leaving high office can open another chapter of public work. These 25 figures took on mediation, health programmes, education partnerships, research commissions, advocacy and institutional...
Politics
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Political Theorists Who Make Power Easier to Understand
Political Theorists Who Make Power Easier to Understand
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Václav Havel
Power is the word politics runs on and the one people define least. This list collects the theorists whose ideas you can actually use: to see who sets the agenda in a council meeting, why a...
Politics
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