Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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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And I’m certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.
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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 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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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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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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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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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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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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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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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I have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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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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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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