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.
AIMEE MULLINSI think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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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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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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I don’t know what it’s like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy.
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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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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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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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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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