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The weak may not be admired and hero-worshipped; but they are by no means disliked or shunned; and they never seem to have the least difficulty in marrying people who are too good for them. They may fail in emergencies; but life is not one long emergency: it is mostly a string of situations for which no exceptional strength is needed, and with which even rather weak people can cope if they have a stronger partner to help them out.
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strength
pygmalion
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shaw
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George Bernard Shaw |
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When I visited , in 1948, at his home in Aylot, a suburb of London, he was extremely anxious for me to tell him all that I knew about . During the course of the conversation, he told me that had made a tremendous impression upon him, and had exercised an influence upon him probably greater than that of any other man. He seemed particularly anxious to impress me with the importance of 's influence upon his intellectual endeavors and accomplishments. In view of this admission, what percentage of the greatness of belongs to ? If 's influence upon so great an intellect as was that extensive, what must have been his influence upon others? What seed of wisdom did he plant into the minds of others, and what accomplishments of theirs should be attributed to him? The world will never know. What about the countless thousands from whom he lifted the clouds of darkness and fear, and who were emancipated from the demoralizing dogmas and creeds of ignorance and superstition? What will be 's influence upon the minds of future generations, who will come under the spell of his magic words, and who will be guided into the channels of human betterment by the unparalleled example of his courageous life? The debt the world owes can never be paid.
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influence
fear
darkness
wisdom
george-b-shaw
george-bernard-shaw
george-shaw
ingersoll
robert-g-ingersoll
robert-green-ingersoll
robert-ingersoll
shaw
praise
greatness
debt
ignorance
respect
superstition
honor
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Joseph Lewis |
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It would actually constitute more than a miracle, he realised. It would take divine intervention plus luck, plus some unknown element of cosmic wizardry.
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miracle
funny
truth
shaw
whole
divine
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David Baldacci |
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And he has guns and dogs that would make the Hound of Baskervilles seem like a bleeding Pekinese.
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doyle
hound-of-baskervilles
david-baldacci
shaw
sherlock-holmes
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David Baldacci |
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94c3ed5
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"They rode in a cab to the rendezvous spot. It was a warehouse, which didn't surprise Shaw. "It's usually a damn warehouse," he said to Reggie."
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shaw
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David Baldacci |
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Shaw didn't answer, He didn't know anything, not for sure. But what he did have was an instict that almost never led him down the wrong path. And every inner warning signal he had was blaring away.
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shaw
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David Baldacci |
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7dbec2c
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A smart man understood that victory was not inevitable. An even smarter man knew that defeat was never really total if you figured out how to handle the aftermath with skill and just the right spin. And the smartest men of all, even when they lost, they actually won.
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inspirational-attitude
shaw
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David Baldacci |