Amy Purdy Quotes
I kind of had to figure stuff out on my own and get myself snowboarding competitively again. I went through all types of different legs to try to learn which were going to work for me. Luckily, I was able to figure it out.
Quotes to Explore
-
Age for me is just a number.
-
I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.
-
We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth on television. If you look up the definition of what news is, it isn't that what we're watching on the new - it's entertainment.
-
It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
-
I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people.
-
My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
-
Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
-
Sometimes new voices have the most spectacular vision. It is uncluttered and organic.
-
I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.
-
Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
-
You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
-
Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
-
I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
-
The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
-
Seriously, who doesn't want to slap a 27-year-old movie star?
-
Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
-
I try not to push myself too hard, but I also need to perform and earn the results.
-
Listen, if there's anything we need more of in this world, it's something that has a better ending or is more positive.
-
The Journey of Reconciliation was organized not only to devise techniques for eliminating Jim Crow in travel, but also as a training ground for similar peaceful projects against discrimination in such major areas as employment and in the armed services.
-
Boxing is not for killing.
-
My earlier award was also based on a close collaborative effort.
-
I kind of had to figure stuff out on my own and get myself snowboarding competitively again. I went through all types of different legs to try to learn which were going to work for me. Luckily, I was able to figure it out.
