Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
AIMEE MULLINSThe 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.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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When I watch Mad Men and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now,
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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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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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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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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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You feel impacted by not having it. It’s an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.
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There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled.
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When I’m curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I’ve really explored it, I’m OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.
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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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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 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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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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