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With literature, sometimes a book is presented in the media as being say, a Muslim story or an African story, when essentially it's a universal story which we can all relate to it, no matter what race or social background we come from
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Shawn Johnson
Age: 32
Born: 1992
Born: January 19
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Everybody sacrifices something in an attempt to reach what they think society wants.
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Injury taught me I need to learn how to face challenges.
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After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.
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It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can't ask for much more.
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