Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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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Truthfully, the only real and consistent disability I’ve had to confront is the world ever thinking that I could be described by those definitions.
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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At some point in every person’s life, you will need an assisted medical device – whether it’s your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacemaker. The prosthetic generation is all around us.
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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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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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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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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 you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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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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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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I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.
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The 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.
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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