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1. The famous saying of the crime-fighting vigilante, The Shadow.

2. The introduction from The Shadow radio program "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!" spoken by actor Frank Readick Jr., has earned a place in the American idiom. These words were accompanied by an ominous laugh and a musical theme, Camille Saint-Saëns' Le Rouet d'Omphale ("Omphale's Spinning Wheel", composed in 1872). At the end of each episode The Shadow reminded listeners that, "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay... The Shadow knows!"

Source: 1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow; 2.www.internationalhero.co.uk/s/shadpulp.htm
Powers/Abilities: The Shadow possesses incredible physical abilities. He possesses astonishing reflexes and is an incredible marksman with a gun. He also has incredible muscular control and can slip his body through the bars of a prison cell like a contortionist or can actually distort and alter his very facial features at will by manipulating his facial muscles. He can also survive for hours without air and was also ambidexterous. He is regarded as highly experienced in various disciplines of hand to hand combat as well.
His greatest power is his ability to “cloud men’s minds”. He can hypnotize people instantly so that he can move as an invisible shadow. He can also hypnotize people so they forget things or to command them to perform certain acts (he once forced a criminal to write a detailed account of his past crimes).He is an expert in many different languages and is also a master ventriloquist (he can project or “throw” his voice).
He is also a master of disguise and has been known to impersonate others, even fooling their friends and family members. The Shadow is apparently an expert aircraft pilot and skilled in infiltration and information gathering techniques due to his experience as an intelligence agent.
He wields a pair of .45 pistols and employs a fleet of automobiles and aircraft in his various operations.

"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"
by The Centurion May 5, 2013
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"I got a twelve-pack of that gorilla. That shit you can only find walking along the hashish transport paths in Azerbaijan. I'm smoking on Bhutanese shadow garden grown dark evil pack. They watered this with the blood of 36 dragons. Shit's so purple it should be asking me "Where's Ronald?" Nigga, this shit will turn your pacemaker off. Nuclear levels of sour. Lung slaughtering, necromancer kush. Shit got diamonds on it so you know the THC to CBD ratio is fuckin' swag nigga. A whiff of this shit? Yeah this that nefarious evil sorcerer moon grass. This shit straight out of Caelid. This shit is what shot Tupac. R.I.P. my nigga for real dog. Peace."
Is part of a press conference. The conference was held on February 8th where President Joe Biden said this regarding cannabis legalisation at a federal level
Person 1: What are you smoking on tonight mr president?
Person 2: I got a twelve-pack of that gorilla. That shit you can only find walking along the hashish transport paths in Azerbaijan. I'm smoking on Bhutanese shadow garden grown dark evil pack. They watered this with the blood of 36 dragons. Shit's so purple it should be asking me "Where's Ronald?" Nigga, this shit will turn your pacemaker off. Nuclear levels of sour. Lung slaughtering, necromancer kush. Shit got diamonds on it so you know the THC to CBD ratio is fuckin' swag nigga. A whiff of this shit? Yeah this that nefarious evil sorcerer moon grass. This shit straight out of Caelid. This shit is what shot Tupac. R.I.P. my nigga for real dog. Peace.
by Sukin duks of March 2, 2023
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Shadow

1) Someone who appears behind you without being heard

2) Someone who is like a ninja
1) Bob is called a shadow because of how he sneaks up on people

2) Alice appears and disappears like a shadow
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Shadow Of Death

Someone that lives in the shadows, Never shows his faces, no one knows his Indentify
The unknown Shadow of death will come after your and kill you.
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You need to step out of the shadows and remind people who you are and what you are capable of. Having taken a back seat for so long you may now be a bit of an unknown quantity, which can be made to work in your favor.
You need to step out of the shadows and remind people who you are and what you are capable of. Having taken a back seat for so long you may now be a bit of an unknown quantity, which can be made to work in your favor.
by ExeeloguiexE April 16, 2025
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Shadow Council

An elite group of spaceship pilots who play hockey. Controlling the world from behind the scenes.
by doughboyhz July 11, 2024
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