The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
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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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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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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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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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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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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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I haven’t had an easy life, but at some point ,you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you want to be.
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An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being…that is the true glory of sport.
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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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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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