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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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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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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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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strength
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A nation s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others. – Indira Gandhi

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Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. – Mattie Stepanek

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strength

That which does not kill us makes us stronger. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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strength

And when a womans will is as strong as the mans who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment. – George Eliot

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strength

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I dont want to make money, I just want to be wonderful. – Marilyn Monroe

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I have an inability to enjoy things, but thats why were in comedy. If we were happy, we wouldnt be funny, I guess. – Paul Feig

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funny