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Taka Posted 19 years ago
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if only for

0 01i00I'd hate to be the simpleton who can't at least appreciate what he has accomplished -01font00 if only for the sheer talent, passion, skill, and determination it requires.02font00 If all the human race was a bit more like this person, we'd all live in a far better world.02br
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02i00I'm having trouble understanding the part in red. Is it some kind of ellipsis? If it were 'for the sheer talent...' instead, then I think I could understand it somehow...0-
  

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0 Condensed:02br 02br 00 ... 01u 00appreciate02u 00 what he has accomplished -- at a bare minimum, 01u 00because of02u 00 the sheer talent, etc. ) that his accomplishment requires are enough in themselves to make me appreciate it.

— CalifJim

  • 0 Condensed:02br 02br 00 ...
  • 01u 00appreciate02u 00 what he has accomplished -- at a bare minimum, 01u 00because of02u 00 the sheer talent, etc.
  • ) that his accomplishment requires are enough in themselves to make me appreciate it.
  • )02br 02br 00 I would appreciate his accomplishment if only 01u 00those02u 00 qualities (and no others) were present.
  • 02br 02br 00 CJ0-
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