Amy Purdy Quotes
When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life.
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I did a lot of little girl groups here and there just to get more comfortable on stage. When you're in girl groups, it's a lot different because if you mess up, there's someone on stage to back you up, and finally I got to a point where I knew I could do it on my own.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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I know how to make the difference. When I make the difference, I often do it at the end of the match, and that shows that I am fresh.
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I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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I can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe that hadn't yet been explored.
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Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.
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The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
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The first job I got was this TV job in this show called 'The Unusuals.' Then I did a play called 'Slipping,' and at the same time I was rehearsing another play at Playwrights Horizons, and that kind of snowballed into a bunch of plays.
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I think in the past I think I probably was a little too diverse, probably went from one spectrum to the complete opposite and confusing people.
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Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.
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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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I really hate drama. It's draining; it's mentally draining. It's a waste of time.
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I know, logically, about the fact that there are fans of my work in America, but it's hard for that feeling to sink in.
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They were letting off fireworks down at the waterfront, the sky exploding in grenades of colour. Whatever it is that pulls the pin, that hurls you past the boundaries of your own life into a brief and total beauty - even for a moment - it is enough.
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The world is like a little marsh filled with mint and white hawthorn.
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My dad being an Army officer, I was just born to it. I was raised in a military manner, and it was a given that Army brats went to West Point, so I went to West Point in 1941. And being in the military has been my life.
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When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life.
