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 said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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I’m not running around as a continual ray of sunshine. It’s just I don’t believe in wasting time feeling sorry for myself. Get over it.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can’t possibly speak for a diverse group of people.
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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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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’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
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