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.
AIMEE MULLINSFor 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.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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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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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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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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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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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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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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I said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.
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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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