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.’
AIMEE MULLINSIt’s society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.
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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I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It’s not just about being able to run around the block a few times.
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Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don’t think of them as disabled.
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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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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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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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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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It’s society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.
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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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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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