Amy Purdy Quotes
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You won't really get a lot of the mainstream, lovey-dovey side because that wasn't a part of my life in the beginning.
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Stars arrive on their own timetable.
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For the first time I go to La Scala, for each thing, for each rehearsal, my knees were shaking. But the audience was very fine with me.
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I was a gymnast when I was little, like 8, 9, 10.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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Around my house, I won't even speak to my family unless they first address me by my official Berzerker name, Godred Crovan, Victor of Sky-Hill and Ruler of Man and the Isles. And now that I think of it, that's probably why nobody speaks to me unless it's time to feed the dogs or take out the garbage.
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I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.
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I used to be affected by criticism thrown at me, and I would get really down. But I got to a point where I just decided to go for it, no matter what negativity is around you.
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Saying that you are advocating on behalf of small business does not grant a license to spend at will on more and more programs without congressional input, oversight, or statutory authority.
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I would argue that you're only going to get the conservatives, particularly a Republican House, to pass immigration reform if we, as conservatives, are reassured that the border is controlled and that we get to vote on whether the border is controlled.
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I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.
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If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war?
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
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Filmmaking is a business and at the bottom line people who don't make fiscally responsible decisions end up going into another line of work.
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The lake was always my orienting point when my dad was teaching me how to not get lost. The lake is east, so you'll always know that. It's a weird thing where you can kind of feel where you're at in Chicago, and when I was downtown, I was like, 'Oh, it feels more open over here. That must be east.' It felt like a little secret thing.
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Everyone's inspired by Brando. When I started acting, my dad showed me 'On the Waterfront,' and I thought, 'That's the coolest guy I've ever seen.'
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Going through that traumatic time of being heartbroken and then being pregnant turned my whole life upside down and inside out and just knocked the wind out of me. But I got so much out of that.
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As stated earlier, I am a pessimistic optimist, or what I like to call a 'pissed-omist.' This is a person who has lived long enough to know not to expect much from most people or life in general, but still allows him- or herself the hope that somewhere under all the horseshit there may possibly be a pony.
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I like science a whole bunch, but I love 'The X-Files' more - I want to believe.
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My dad gave me one of his kidneys.
