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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I love performing. The more I do it, the more I grow into it.
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Dad had a passion for prancing, matched pairs of light horses – buying them, matching them, training them and then selling them to people who could afford them. The stock he drove was nearly always in the process of being trained. That was his business…
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I was in juvenile detention center, and I was in Rikers Island. And there was an anthology written by the inmates called 'The Pen,' and I - you know, I had a crush on a girl, and she left me when I was incarcerated. And I found this poem in this anthology that talked about having your heart broken and being incarcerated.
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Over the years, I've had to learn how to deal with people who refuse to take me seriously. That's where I learnt the blunt side of my character.
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I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, 'My Mom Was a Schizophrenic.' I really enjoyed the process of doing that strip, despite its subject matter. To do it I'd had to do a lot of research and reading and I figured I'd like to do that again.
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My dad gave me one of his kidneys.
