Amy Purdy Quotes
Just the thought of being on Oprah's radar at all is humbling, but to actually have her take time get on the phone with me kind of blows my mind.
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When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
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My enthusiasm seems to cause my world to endlessly offer me cooperative, co-creating experiences. I'm willing and I'm eager, and not just about my writing - I feel the same way about staying in shape, enjoying my family, giving a lecture, or whatever it may be.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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It's always about finding the right balance between answering some questions and raising new ones to keep your story going.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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You could have a hit in California that no one had heard of in Oklahoma.
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I would be happy if people just called me an actor.
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I have worked very hard to shed away my chocolate boy image in order to get a tough look for this action entertainer. I am confident of my success and would love to dedicate the same to Director Balachandar sir.
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For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story.
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My education was very tough.
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It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.
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Here in New Orleans, what a lot of the musical families do - and this is a romantic concept on my part - is they teach their kids to tap dance first. Then after tap dance, you learn piano, and after piano, you get to pick between all the instruments that are out there.
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When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father.
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I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society.
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Just the thought of being on Oprah's radar at all is humbling, but to actually have her take time get on the phone with me kind of blows my mind.
