Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
AIMEE MULLINS
If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
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In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine.
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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is – before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful – do whatever makes you feel confident.
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I’m not running around as a continual ray of sunshine. It’s just I don’t believe in wasting time feeling sorry for myself. Get over it.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
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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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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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