Forward Quote by Alex Brooker

Once I started feeling better and healthier and learned to walk on my first prosthetic leg, I realised I'm not going to be satisfied…

— Mike Schultz

I was really self conscious as a kid, I felt terrible - like a prisoner in my own body.

— Tess Holliday

As I was growing up and I was growing, obviously I'd outgrow a prosthetic leg, and you're seeing the prosthetist several times a year…

— Alex Brooker

When I was little, like Maleficent, I was told that I was different. And I felt out of place -- too loud, too full…

— Angelina Jolie

I was always very body-conscious. Especially when I was transitioning, taking hormones and things. I noticed that I would gain weight quicker. So I…

— Amanda Lepore

I started to take care of my body after I turned 50. I never liked how I looked physically because I was too cute,…

— Giorgio Armani

I felt, you know, body and soul, as it were. But, of course, I mean, I - at that age, I didn't think in…

— John Hurt

There was a time when I used to feel conscious because of my weight. I was never at ease. It was a very bad…

— Jackky Bhagnani

I was an only child for 16 years. I didn't realize it at the time, but that experience definitely turned me into a people…

— Chandra Wilson

Mostly getting old is boring. I hate the stiffness in the bones. I was physically arrogant for years. I don't like it now that…

— Doris Lessing

I have two prosthetic legs. This is my life; what am I going to do with it? And it's put me on this amazing…

— Amy Purdy

I feel very lucky to have grown up having interaction with adults who were making change but who were far from perfect beings. That…

— Marian Wright Edelman