I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.
AIMEE MULLINSBeauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled.
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Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don’t think of them as disabled.
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I hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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I said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
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When I’m curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I’ve really explored it, I’m OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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You feel impacted by not having it. It’s an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.
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An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being…that is the true glory of sport.
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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