Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
AIMEE MULLINSI admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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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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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For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn’t grow up being told that I was a disabled child.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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If it’s putting on a great dance record and rocking out in your apartment, do it. If kissing someone for 10 minutes makes you feel confident, do it.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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You 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’?
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I 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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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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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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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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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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