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Amy Purdy
American, Actress
Total Quotes : 99
My Life
Question
Author
If your life were a book and you were the author, how would you want your story to go? That's the question that changed my life forever.
- Amy Purdy
Past
Possibilities
See
If we can see past preconceived limitations, then the possibilities are endless.
- Amy Purdy
Embrace
Deal
Best Way
For me, I just began, eventually, to embrace what I had. This is what I have to deal with and, not just deal with, but this is what I have to share, and how can I do that the best way.
- Amy Purdy
Chance
Second Chance
Got
I got this second chance at life, and I live it.
- Amy Purdy
Happen
Lives
Meant
I feel that losing both my legs was a blessing. It was meant to happen to me: I wouldn't have had the opportunity to touch so many lives in such a positive way.
- Amy Purdy
Think
Means
Courses
A lot of times, people think 'para' as far as 'paralyzed.' 'Para' means 'alongside,' so the Paralympics are alongside the Olympics on the same courses, the same hills.
- Amy Purdy
Bad Day
Bad
Going
For me, a bad day is when I have nothing going on.
- Amy Purdy
Away
I Remember
Shared
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.
- Amy Purdy
Living
Last
Stories
Growing up in the hot Last Vegas desert, all I wanted was to be free. I would daydream about traveling the world, living in a place where it snowed, and I would picture all of the stories that I would go on to tell.
- Amy Purdy
My Life
Hands
Became
At the age of 19, the day after I graduated high school, I moved to a place where it snowed, and I became a massage therapist. With this job, all I needed were my hands and my massage table by my side and I could go anywhere. For the first time in my life, I felt free, independent, and completely in control of my life.
- Amy Purdy
Hands
Move
Dancers
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.
- Amy Purdy
Learned
Begins
Actual
I've learned that borders are where the actual ends, but also where the imagination and the story begins.
- Amy Purdy
Skiing
Some
Las Vegas
I grew up born and raised in Las Vegas and actually grew up skiing. You know, we've got some ski resorts close to Las Vegas, up in Mount Charleston or Brian Head, so I grew up skiing and snowboarding.
- Amy Purdy
Want
How
Throw
As for how do I respond to those who want to throw stones, well, I don't.
- Amy Purdy
My Life
Always
Reason
I always say snowboarding saved my life. It gave me a reason to focus on the future; it gave me something to be passionate about.
- Amy Purdy
Love
Rain
Waves
I love the smell of rain, and I love the sound of the ocean waves.
- Amy Purdy
I Am
Healthy
Fullest
Every day that I am healthy, I want to use that day to its fullest now.
- Amy Purdy
Obstacles
Overcome
Other
Since losing my legs, I've found out that I am able to help other people by sharing how I've overcome my obstacles.
- Amy Purdy
Strength
Survive
Could
We did everything we could to save my legs, and it just came to a point where if we didn't amputate my legs, I wouldn't survive. In that situation, you kind of go into survival mode, and you find strength.
- Amy Purdy
Walls
Better
Dancing
Dancing is about expressing yourself, and the more walls you let down, the better.
- Amy Purdy
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