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My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek unders

My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek understanding in knowledge of history, of cultures. – 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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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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strength
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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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To remove this obstacle I repeat or refer to such knowledge as has come under my notice, my own previously expressed views, and also describe and exhibit my last experiments and explain their novelty and utility. – Lawrence Hargrave

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Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Knowledge

Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell it over again, to the best of my art and knowledge. Hearken now to my story, its why and its reason. – Marie de France

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It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge. – Charles Babbage

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Knowledge

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I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to look at their faith in a different way. – William P. Leahy

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Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths. – Lois Wyse

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Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up. – Muhammad Ali

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The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself. – Rita Mae Brown, Venus Envy

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