I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
AIMEE MULLINSIn athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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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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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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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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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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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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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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At some point in every person’s life, you will need an assisted medical device – whether it’s your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacemaker. The prosthetic generation is all around us.
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