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"I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, 'To hell with you'." Literature Laureate Saul Bellow - born #OnThisDay - is considered one of the 20th century's greatest writers.pic.twitter.com/OCNBWh368O

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf dreamt big. She was elected President of Liberia in 2005, becoming Africa’s first democratically elected female president and oversaw a reign of uninterrupted peace in Liberia for 12 years. What do you dream of achieving?pic.twitter.com/8Ul3BQH4wN

Do you recognise the couple that were jointly awarded the Chemistry Prize in 1935? Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie discovered the first-ever artificially created radioactive atoms, paving the way for innumerable medical advances, especially in the fight against cancer.pic.twitter.com/n0cmwiyn14

Remembering Richard Ernst who has passed away aged 87. Richard Ernst was awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his contributions to the development of the methodology of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy."pic.twitter.com/1nxd1nXcva

Sir Henry Dale born #OTD 146 years ago was awarded the #NobelPrize for his research into the action of acetylcholine - a chemical used to transmit messages between nerve cells.pic.twitter.com/k3vYp58896

"All those experiences made me who I am." From being a taxi driver to becoming a Nobel Laureate - 2018 Chemistry Laureate Frances Arnold describes how a diversity of experiences shapes you as a human being.pic.twitter.com/rMCwZhxclk

Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam at the opening of @ictpnews building on 9 June 1968. Salam donated all his #NobelPrize money to benefit physicists in developing countries - one of the missions of the International Center for Theoretical Physics, which he founded.pic.twitter.com/bPjp4JmY9L

#OTD in 1843 a pioneering peace activist was born: Bertha von Suttner. She was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (in fact, she's credited as the inspiration behind the very creation of the prize) and became the second female Nobel Laureate after Marie Curie.pic.twitter.com/Evj2bxitG7

Have you read Ernest Hemingway's short novel 'The Old Man and the Sea'? The short novel from 1952 is the story of an old fisherman’s journey, his long and lonely struggle with a fish and the sea, and his victory in defeat. #WorldOceansDaypic.twitter.com/3nXOoRU8sY

"Knowledge is our best common good." Happy birthday to 2017 Chemistry Laureate Jacques Dubochet! #NobelPrizepic.twitter.com/mIAvy4oDDW

Today would have been the 105th birthday of Francis Crick, who was awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his part in the discovery of the structure of DNA. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2DHErPo pic.twitter.com/Kn7nchm36v

"Most of our deep sea is unexplored. We've seen less than 2% of our ocean floor." On #WorldOceansDay discover more about this underwater world with Diva Amon, who was speaking as part of our Nobel Week Dialogue, Water Matters, in December 2018.pic.twitter.com/eVMRZqQ69W

"I learned that any difficult problem can be solved by great effort." Chemistry Laureate Osamu Shimomura dedicated his life to studying the bioluminescence of the luminous jellyfish Aequorea, and discovered green fluorescent protein, GFP. #WorldOceansDaypic.twitter.com/cFT3NkRMeb

Laureate George de Hevesy loved experimenting. While in Manchester, Hevesy was convinced his landlady was recycling food. He secretly put some radioactive material in the leftovers on his plate. Some days later he smuggled in his electroscope and proved his suspicion correct!pic.twitter.com/7wB1ODqGph

Happy 69th birthday Orhan Pamuk. Turkish author Pamuk, born on 7 June 1952 in Istanbul, was awarded the 2006 Literature Prize with the motivation: "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures."pic.twitter.com/eIFf3iYbLU

"Food is the pathway to peace." The World Food Programme, awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, is the world’s largest humanitarian organisation addressing hunger and promoting food security. Pictured are some of the areas in which the @WFP works.pic.twitter.com/c5jevkYsXu

"We are all dwellers on this one small earth; we live one life, die one death; we have the same difficulties to contend with; we ought in common to fight the foes of ignorance and wrong." - Charles Glover Barkla, awarded the 1917 Physics Prize for his work in X-ray spectroscopy.pic.twitter.com/qwTPC0qqLI

“Thank you for saving my life." Tomas Dahl (pictured left) was diagnosed with tonsil cancer and told there was no cure. But after trying the cancer therapy pioneered by the 2018 Medicine Laureates (centre and right), he emerged cancer-free. #NCSD2021pic.twitter.com/71eLKkS9gg

Best known for his epic novel 'Doctor Zhivago' (До́ктор Жива́го), Boris Pasternak is considered among Russia's greatest writers. His first book of poems 'My Sister, Life' is one of the most influential collections ever published in the Russian language. #RussianLanguageDaypic.twitter.com/v5ZYH2qhMb