Lynsey Dyer quotes
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“I wanted to give young girls something positive to look up to…I wanted to give them their Blizzard of Aahhhs, Ski Movie or High Life, but done in a way that also shows the elegance, grace, community and style that is unique to women in the mountains.”
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“I have struggled to be taken seriously as a female athlete. I have struggled to find my worth outside of winning. I have struggled to accept parts of myself. Now I'm recognizing the beauty in those parts as well as beauty in the times when things didn't go my way.”
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“There are tons of amazing women out there for girls to emulate but the media isn't celebrating them to the masses.”
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“Overcoming one of my limiting beliefs, "girls are not as strong as men, therefore we cannot attempt the same physical challenges." I can tell you, with all certainty, this is not true. I have accomplished things on skis no one thought were physically possible for females.”
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“Growing up, it was difficult to find role models I could relate too. Mass media told me to emulate sexy singers or sexy actresses. Jane Goodall was the closest thing I found to a woman I wanted to be like.”
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“I'm excited to work with SCARPA because it's opened up a whole new playground to me as an athlete.”
-- Lynsey Dyer
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Source : "Canada: 'A Model for the World'". The Globe and Mail, February 02, 2002.
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Source : Alan Watts (2017). “Psychotherapy East & West”, p.7, New World Library
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Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
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