Amy Purdy Quotes
I always felt really lucky that I only lost my legs, because it could've been so much worse.
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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I don't ever take anything for granted.
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The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
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I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks.
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It's one of the greatest festivals in the world. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest is the best all-around... It's an honor to be closing it.
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It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.
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You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
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I'd love to play a Bond villain. Yeah, I'd love to play a Bond villain. Everyone always says this to me; they always say, 'You've got to be a Bond villain', 'We're going to make you a Bond villain...' But they've never, ever approached me, I've never had a whiff of it. I think I'd love to play a Bond villain; I'd have great fun.
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I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
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I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
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I feel bad that I'm the one always blamed for the failure of the space business - even though there are problems with government policy toward the space business.
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People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable.
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When candidates have asked me for support before, they have asked for more than a check.
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So you have to take the good with the bad.
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I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary.
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I think a lot of things could be handled locally.
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When Coltrane died, a void appeared in this music that has not been filled yet. He maintained a forward motion in his work and did not look back.
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The extreme form of power is All against One, the extreme form of violence is One against All.
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The loves and hours of the life of a man, They are swift and sad, being born of the sea. Hours that rejoice and regret for a span, Born with a man's breath, mortal as he; Loves that are lost ere they come to birth, Weeds of the wave, without fruit upon earth. I lose what I long for, save what I can, My love, my love, and no love for me!
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I've never lost a grown-up child, but I have known loss.
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While I was at community college, I studied industrial design because I thought maybe I'd be an automotive designer - I grew up in Detroit - and I also studied, geology because I was interested in science, a little bit.
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I always felt really lucky that I only lost my legs, because it could've been so much worse.
