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10. GBS always maintained he was a better writer than WS

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 03:53 PM

Dec 2012

I don't believe I have ever read of any other writer who seriously thought he/she was better than WS, though GBS was pretty amazing.

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To quote Eliza Doolittle to Freddie Eynsford-Hill in "My Fair Lady" [View all] MotherPetrie Dec 2012 OP

You need to learn to read in-between the lines. reformist2 Dec 2012 #2

You're begging for him to play politics in a time of healing. rDigital Dec 2012 #4

It was there in every syllable Hekate Dec 2012 #5

The speech is well worth viewing. Downwinder Dec 2012 #6

It was a speech at a memorial for the community and the families. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #7

Actually... ailsagirl Dec 2012 #8

Just Shavs vs Shaks intaglio Dec 2012 #9

GBS always maintained he was a better writer than WS ailsagirl Dec 2012 #10

GBS on Shakespeare: REP Dec 2012 #11

WS continues to amaze me ailsagirl Dec 2012 #12