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Tales Of Passion Isabel Allende Analysis
In the TED discussion “Isabel Allende: Tales of passion” speaks about several things such as the definition of Feminism, and passion. The thing that stood out too me the most was how she perceived passion and her experience at the Olympics. I learned that Isabel Allende had the privilege of being part of the first time only women would carry the Olympic flag, five women for every continent and three Olympic gold medal winners. She discusses how the thing that matters most not only for the athletes that participated in the Olympics but also average and normal human beings is having a heart, and passion. It’s more important than training and luck. There was a slogan that she saw everywhere during her stay at Turin during the Olympics that stated

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