"Defeat creates orphaned thoughts."

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Source : Madeleine Blais (2017). “In These Girls, Hope Is A Muscle”, p.16, Grove Press

Madeleine Blais

“Wait until Tommy Lasorda meets the Lord and finds out He's wearing pinstripes”
“Evil may be 'unscientific' but so is a song or a smile.”
“Sport industry is not women versus men. My biggest champions a lot of the times in my career have been those men. Not that women necessarily wouldn't, but if there are no women in the room and the door is locked, it takes a guy to unlock the door for you and let you in. We have to get better at working together in that regard, as opposed to feeling like we need to crash the door down. You don't need to bring out the ax; sometimes you can just knock. And sometimes guys will open the door for you, but for so many women who felt like they had to fight so hard, we forget that they may be allies.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“I play piano and guitar. Acoustic guitar. I tried studying classical guitar when I was 16 but it got really hard. I could never play a lead to save my life.”
“An element of fantasy is needed when falling in love and I was unable to find the fantasy element with any of the male gender”
“In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.”
“I don't study; I create.”
“In North America, the greatest threat to the Jewish people is not the external force of antisemitism, but the internal forces of apathy, inertia and ignorance of our own heritage.”

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