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

~Amy Purdy

Topics: Clothes Different Entirely Legs Matter Off One Thing Taking Thing Your

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My legs haven't disabled me. If anything, they've enabled me.

~Amy Purdy

Topics: Anything Disabled Legs Me

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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.

~Amy Purdy

Topics: After Also Athlete Because Certain Feminine Kind Legs Lose Lost Myself Part Prosthetic Someone Touch Traits Way Who Woman Yes You

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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.

~Amy Purdy

Topics: Able Amazing Because Down Just Just Because People Personally Recognize Somehow Stop Street Them Touched Walk You

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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.

~Amy Purdy

Topics: About Even Feeling Get Imagine Legs Lose Someone Tells You Your

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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.

~Amy Purdy

Topics: After Away Classes Could Got Had High High School Information Invited Knew Know Legs Lost Nervous Old Remember School Shared Start Stories Take Where I Remember

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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.

~Amy Purdy

Topics: Behind Camera Cool Does Front Off Oprah Person Same Scenes She Speaks Stage Way

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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.

~Amy Purdy

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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.

~Amy Purdy

Topics: Back Balance Because Bones Carbon Compensate Fiber Foot Forth Going Human Just Just One Little Make Maybe Mistake Muscles Piece Spot Step Wrong You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: November 7th, 1979

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