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.
AIMEE MULLINSIt’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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I hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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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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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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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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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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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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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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