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Its all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into t

Its all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability than we do celebrating female strength. – Meghan ORourke

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My mother died of metastatic colorectal cancer shortly before three P.M. on Christmas Day of 2008. I dont know the exact time of her death, because none of us thought to look at a clock for a while after she stopped breathing. – Meghan ORourke

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Christmas
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Grief is a bad moon, a sleeper wave. Its like having an inner combatant, a saboteur who, at the slightest change in the sunlight, or at the first notes of a jingle for a dog food commercial, will flick the memory switch, bringing tears to your eyes. – Meghan ORourke

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Food
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But there is a discomfort that surrounds grief. It makes even the most well-intentioned people unsure of what to say. And so many of the freshly bereaved end up feeling even more alone. – Meghan ORourke

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alone
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I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States. Instead, Bush is waging a war of terrorism against the world. – Cindy Sheehan

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Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic. – William E. Gladstone

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If I had the hand strength to sign autographs for everybody in Kansas City, I would… but its just impossible to get to everyone. – Dante Hall

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When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there. – Everett Dirksen

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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car. – Tallulah Bankhead

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