It's called the Pygmalion Effect and it can be very powerful -- either way. From Wordnik.com. [Memphis Commercial Appeal Stories] Reference
It is called the Pygmalion effect and it's a fact: If you expect the worst, you get it. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Taylor: Kick in the Tush Club: Reinvent Your Life] Reference
The rights were then passed on to Pygmalion, which is also part of the Flammarion group. From Wordnik.com. [More translations!] Reference
It's called the Pygmalion Effect: you get what you expect, and lucky people expect the best. From Wordnik.com. [KRQE TV] Reference
The Pyg aka Pygmalion, the first husband and I saw the second showing of the much anticipated movie at Loew's Tara in Atlanta. From Wordnik.com. [A History of ....] Reference
Citium and Idalium in Cyprus, who reigned in the time of Alexander the Great, was also called Pygmalion, or rather Pumiyathon, the. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Bough : a study of magic and religion] Reference
George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" -- than on 1964's George Cukor-helmed Warner Bros. film starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. From Wordnik.com. [Variety.com] Reference
The other night I watched 'Pygmalion' from 1938 with Leslie Howard as Prof. From Wordnik.com. [telly] Reference
D'ya suppose there's a kind of Pygmalion/Taming of th 'Shrew thang goin' on here?. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Blames Palin's Pakistan Flub With Citizen On "Gotcha Journalism"] Reference
It's every bit as satisfying as the Roundabout's "Pygmalion," and a lot easier to get into. From Wordnik.com. [Two Tickets to Paradise] Reference
Have you any idea how many "Pygmalion" hits you have to sift through to find a French publishing imprint?. From Wordnik.com. [PART 4: To Pseudonym or not] Reference
He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925 and an Oscar in 1938 for helping to adapt his play "Pygmalion" to the screen. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2007] Reference
Queen Mary, the present queen's redoubtable grannie, was invited to the premiere of the Puffin Asquith version of "Pygmalion". From Wordnik.com. ["Being read your death sentence is like being a character in one of the old Bette Davis movies."] Reference
When I think of Sarah Palin I think of G. B. Shaw's play "Pygmalion," which is the basis for theplay and movie "My Fair Lady.". From Wordnik.com. [Philocrites: Insightful observations about Gov Sarah Palin.] Reference
& Lowe, that was based upon the play "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw. From Wordnik.com. [The Moderate Voice] Reference
Bernard Shaw, when he got an Oscar for 'Pygmalion' when he was, like, 84. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Author's original text retained, although more commonly spelled "Pygmalion". From Wordnik.com. [My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula)] Reference
Gerroll, who played Henry Higgins in the Guthrie's 2004 "Pygmalion," has appeared on. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
SL: One piece that truly intrigues me is your recreation of Lycia's track, "Pygmalion". From Wordnik.com. [Side-Line news feed] Reference
London Theater Journal: Yet Another "Pygmalion," This Time at the Old Vic, and Delicious. From Wordnik.com. [Spoleto Italy: French Plays, Old and New, in Festival’s First Weekend - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
In 1956, the musical "My Fair Lady," based on Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," opened on Broadway. From Wordnik.com. [Forbes.com: News] Reference
In 1956, the musical play "My Fair Lady," based on Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," opened on Broadway. From Wordnik.com. [DigTriad.com - Top News] Reference
When a film version of "Pygmalion" was made in 1938, he insisted that Hiller play the part of Eliza Doolittle. From Wordnik.com. [Born Again Redneck] Reference
"My Fair Lady" is based on George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion," and Eliza's transformation is one of its main themes. From Wordnik.com. Reference
However, "Pygmalion" for example was more inspired by us as a way to create a new sound out of the great music by Lycia. From Wordnik.com. [Side-Line news feed] Reference
"What Lerner and Loewe did in the 1950's with Shaw's screenplay of 'Pygmalion' was miraculous," Schmidt told Playbill. com. From Wordnik.com. [Playbill.com : News] Reference
"Pygmalion," he began slowly, "turned his statue into a real woman. From Wordnik.com. [Crucial Instances] Reference
No woman, vowed Pygmalion, should ever hamper him. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Myths] Reference
There are no after tales of Pygmalion and Galatea. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Myths] Reference
She's All That '(1999) You, too, can be Pygmalion. From Wordnik.com. [Video Store: Prom Flicks] Reference
Pygmalion went home, scarcely daring to hope, not allowing his gladness to conquer his fear. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Myths] Reference
Pygmalion made a woman one day, moulding all her gracious curves as his experience taught him. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
I don't see Arthur as Pygmalion, more like Ponce de León, dipping into the fountain of youth. From Wordnik.com. [Adultery and Africa] Reference
A new book chronicling this Pygmalion-like transformation has sold 520,000 copies since October. From Wordnik.com. [CAN A NERD GET THE GIRL?] Reference
When they became a couple, the chemistry was more "" Pygmalion '' than "" Last Tango in Paris. ''. From Wordnik.com. [From Cher To Capitol Hill] Reference
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