Ten great TEDTalks from Olympians and Paralympians.

Isabel Allende: Tales of passion

Isabel Allende on carrying the Olympic flag

Author and activist Isabel Allende may not have competed in the Olympics, but this talk is pure gold. In it, she describes her “four minutes of fame” as one of the flag bearers at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

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