Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
AIMEE MULLINSYou 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’?
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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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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I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.
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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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Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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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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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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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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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 is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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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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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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