Amy Purdy Quotes
Oprah has been a true inspiration to me, so I'm truly grateful both to her for taking the time to speak with me, and to the folks at 'DWTS' who set it all up.
Quotes to Explore
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There are recurring elements in popularized fairy tales, such as absent parents, some sort of struggle, a transformation, and a marriage. If you look at a range of stories, you find many stories about marriage, sexual initiation, abandonment. The plots often revolve around what to me seem to be elemental fears and desires.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
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You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.
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News has become entertainment. Once that happens, a whole series of horrific events start to happen, whether it's the lack of dissemination of something that can inform you or something that actually negatively impacts society.
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I've been doing African dance all my life.
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I've been things and seen places.
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I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I'm excited to see what happens.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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The best way to help the Latino community is to give back. I love giving back; I'm quiet about God and what I do, but we do a lot in the Dominican Republic.
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Don't overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.
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I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.
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You don't become the leading spinner of the team by just talking. You have to perform well consistently over a long period of time. I have bowled well and won games for India. That is why I am the No. 1 spinner. Every time I have taken the field, I have given my 100%.
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On 'Grey's Anatomy' I wouldn't care what I was playing - I would play a corpse, 'cause I love it that much. It is deep true love, and it will never die.
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Athletes don't like to get up early, but it never bothered me.
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E-governance is easy governance, effective governance, and also economic governance. E-governance paves the way for good governance.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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It was important for me as a theater artist to allow myself and my interests to evolve over time and allow my notion of what success meant to evolve over time. I've always had a day job and never been just acting. But it didn't make me feel like I wasn't doing what I was supposed to be doing.
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One of the things I had a hard time getting used to when I came to California in '78 was Santa Claus in shorts.
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Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.
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What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.
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The truths of the Scriptures are so marked and inimitable, that the inventor would be more of a miraculous character than the hero.
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Oprah has been a true inspiration to me, so I'm truly grateful both to her for taking the time to speak with me, and to the folks at 'DWTS' who set it all up.
