I hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
AIMEE MULLINSI hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
AIMEE MULLINSI would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
AIMEE MULLINSThe 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.
AIMEE MULLINSI have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
AIMEE MULLINSThe legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me – my mother’s side of the family have awful legs.
AIMEE MULLINSIt’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
AIMEE MULLINSAnd certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
AIMEE MULLINSBeauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
AIMEE MULLINSPamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
AIMEE MULLINSI 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.
AIMEE MULLINSTrue beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
AIMEE MULLINSIf left to their own devices a child will achieve.
AIMEE MULLINSBelief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
AIMEE MULLINSYou know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
AIMEE MULLINSI’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
AIMEE MULLINSI admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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