Pamela 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.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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The 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.
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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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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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Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren’t necessarily the most wonderful athletes.
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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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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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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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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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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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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