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The Miracle Worker (1962) - Set in the late nineteenth century, this incredible but true tale of teacher for the blind, Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft), who through sheer will and saint-like patience, transformed a blind, deaf, and dumb girl named Helen Keller (Patty Duke) from wild beast to a feeling, reasoning child, connected to the world around her.
John Farr: Two Passing Greats: A Tribute to Arthur Penn and Tony Curtis John Farr 2010
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The Miracle Worker (1962) - Set in the late nineteenth century, this incredible but true tale of teacher for the blind, Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft), who through sheer will and saint-like patience, transformed a blind, deaf, and dumb girl named Helen Keller (Patty Duke) from wild beast to a feeling, reasoning child, connected to the world around her.
John Farr: Two Passing Greats: A Tribute to Arthur Penn and Tony Curtis John Farr 2010
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The Miracle Worker (1962) - Set in the late nineteenth century, this incredible but true tale of teacher for the blind, Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft), who through sheer will and saint-like patience, transformed a blind, deaf, and dumb girl named Helen Keller (Patty Duke) from wild beast to a feeling, reasoning child, connected to the world around her.
John Farr: Two Passing Greats: A Tribute to Arthur Penn and Tony Curtis John Farr 2010
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The Miracle Worker (1962) - Set in the late nineteenth century, this incredible but true tale of teacher for the blind, Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft), who through sheer will and saint-like patience, transformed a blind, deaf, and dumb girl named Helen Keller (Patty Duke) from wild beast to a feeling, reasoning child, connected to the world around her.
John Farr: Two Passing Greats: A Tribute to Arthur Penn and Tony Curtis John Farr 2010
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The Miracle Worker (1962) - Set in the late nineteenth century, this incredible but true tale of teacher for the blind, Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft), who through sheer will and saint-like patience, transformed a blind, deaf, and dumb girl named Helen Keller (Patty Duke) from wild beast to a feeling, reasoning child, connected to the world around her.
John Farr: Two Passing Greats: A Tribute to Arthur Penn and Tony Curtis John Farr 2010
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I can't say any of my characters are quite so saint-like or revolutionary, but I did partly base the structure of my bookHarris's being born to privilege and descending into an underworld before he can rise up againon that of
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He had to make himself out to be more than not guilty - he tried to spin it that he was downright noble - practically saint-like in the humane, caring way he was helping mentor this young man.
Portland government sinks to the very bottom (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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One of my favorite photographs in this show was At Warm Springs, 1991, of her daughter Virginia, her eyes closed, and her face floating above the water's surface, her curly locks resting on top of the water, Medusa-like or saint-like, whichever you prefer.
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You will see that a person who is very deeply involved in classical music will be saint-like.
Sadhguru: Spiritual Living: 7 Notes, 7 Chakras: Music, Spirituality and the Body (VIDEO) 2010
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Krugman with his Nobel and left-wing politics is saint-like, and Roubini, with his tireless self-promotion and seizing of all opportunities -- and the personal fortune he has likely amassed in the process -- is more devilish.
Michael Wolff: Why Economists Are Sexy and the Euro Won't be Worth a Dollar 2010
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