Amy Purdy Quotes

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Amy Purdy

Profession : Actress

Birth : November 7, 1979

My spleen burst. I remember feeling my heart beating really fast. Beating right out of my chest.

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All through high school, I was incredibly healthy. I loved the outdoors, and I loved snowboarding because of the freedom.

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There are no rules in snowboarding.

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I guess I'm always up for a challenge.

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Dancers know how to move their arms and their hands. But I don't know the first thing about how to move my arms and hands gracefully.

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I've always made the choice to do everything to my fullest potential.

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My dad gave me life twice. I thank him by using the strong body I now have.

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For me, a bad day is when I have nothing going on.

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I like moving, challenging myself.

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Taking off your clothes is one thing. Taking off your clothes and your legs is an entirely different matter.

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I'm an athlete, yes, but I'm also a woman. I'm someone who kind of, in a way, lost touch with that part of myself after I lost my legs, because there are certain feminine traits you lose when you have prosthetic legs.

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To be able to walk down the street and have people stop you, not just because they recognize you, but because you somehow personally touched them, it's amazing.

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You can't even imagine the feeling you get when someone tells you that you are about to lose your legs.

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After I lost my legs, I got invited to my old high school, and I shared my stories with all the classes. I remember I was so nervous and didn't know where to start, but I knew I had information they could take away.

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You don't always have to have the most amazing story. It's learning to share the story you have that counts.

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What's cool is that Oprah is the same person on stage and in front of a camera as she is off stage and behind the scenes. She speaks the same way on camera as she does off camera.

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I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want people to feel sorry for me. I didn't want people to see me as disabled. I wanted to live a life of adventure and stories.

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The human foot has bones and muscles and can balance back and forth. If you step and you maybe make a little mistake, your foot can compensate. But if I step in the wrong spot, my foot isn't going to compensate because it's just one piece of carbon fiber.

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