The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
AIMEE MULLINSSuccess isn’t winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can’t control all of them.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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I don’t know what it’s like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy.
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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.
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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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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don’t see on my CV. The stuff that doesn’t work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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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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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body’s normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.
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It’s society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.
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