I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
AIMEE MULLINSI have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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When I watch Mad Men and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now,
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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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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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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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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It’s not just about being able to run around the block a few times.
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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You amputate part of a nose, that’s ‘enhancement’. You put a prosthetic in a breast cavity, that’s ‘augmentation’. But you amputate part of a limb and put a prosthetic there, it’s ‘disability’?
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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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