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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.

Aimee Mullins

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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Amputee Below Bilateral Call Describe Hopefully Knee
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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Attitude Mad Men Now Shocking Watch Women
A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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Body Life Lot Prove
Truthfully, the only real and consistent disability I’ve had to confront is the world ever thinking that I could be described by those definitions.
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Confront Consistent Definition Describe Disability Real Thinking Truthfully
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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Allow Creative Disable Enough Individual Invest Quality Rare Show Someone Valuable
If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities that we all have.
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Beautiful Broken Heart Discover Humanity Potential
The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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Champion Individuality Innovation Pentagon Place
People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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Being Case Disability Insecurity People Presume Struggle
For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn’t grow up being told that I was a disabled child.
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Children Community Disability Felt Growing Identity Ownership Up
I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can’t possibly speak for a diverse group of people.
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Advocate Amputee Disability Human Interest Issue People
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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Beautiful Besides Kissing Out Sleep Water
The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
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Cell Feel Home Impact Leave People Phone Tool
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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Curious Explore Feel Really Something Take
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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Aside Base Girl Meet Second Slide Step Stick Wooden
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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Difference Distinction Fact Inspiration Medical Motivation Objective Real Societal Subjective
With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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Everything Mean Model

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