Quote by Meghan ORourke
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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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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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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Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. – Euripides

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strength

We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual destruction. – Michael McCaul

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strength

The only reason I would stay away from a period piece is because sometimes the women are painted in a very stereotypical weakling, wallflower way – thats something I dont want to do. I want to show strength in the women I play, and a journey of some sort. – Dagmara Dominczyk

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strength

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. – Laurence Sterne

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strength

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Man is the only trained animal who expects his reward before he does his trick. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Humankind

Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of lifes caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known. – Michael Shermer

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design

What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook. – Henry David Thoreau

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Education

When youre playing a romantic version of a real person, youre playing a version of the truth. – Andrea Riseborough

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Romantic