Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
AIMEE MULLINSIf 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.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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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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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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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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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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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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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body’s normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.
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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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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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