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.
AIMEE MULLINSI would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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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 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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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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The legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me – my mother’s side of the family have awful legs.
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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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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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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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I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.
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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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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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And I’m certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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