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Amy Purdy

American,  Actress
Total Quotes : 99
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.

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Chance Second Chance Got

I got this second chance at life, and I live it.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Bad Day Bad Going

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

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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.

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Learned Begins Actual

I've learned that borders are where the actual ends, but also where the imagination and the story begins.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I Am Healthy Fullest

Every day that I am healthy, I want to use that day to its fullest now.

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Past Possibilities See

If we can see past preconceived limitations, then the possibilities are endless.

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Say Miss Really

I can't really say I miss my toes.

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Money Think Like

I didn't think about money or cars or anything like that.

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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.

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Snowboarding Through High

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

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Love Rain Waves

I love the smell of rain, and I love the sound of the ocean waves.

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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.

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Challenge Always Guess

I guess I'm always up for a challenge.

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