Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don’t think of them as disabled.
AIMEE MULLINSThe only true disability is a crushed spirit
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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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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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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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 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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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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her 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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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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Success isn’t winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can’t control all of them.
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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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It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
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I haven’t had an easy life, but at some point ,you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you want to be.
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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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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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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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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At some point in every person’s life, you will need an assisted medical device – whether it’s your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacemaker. The prosthetic generation is all around us.
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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