I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.
AIMEE MULLINSIt is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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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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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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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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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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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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I have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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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In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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