It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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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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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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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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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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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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You feel impacted by not having it. It’s an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.
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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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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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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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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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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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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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Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don’t think of them as disabled.
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