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.
AIMEE MULLINSAnd 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.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled.
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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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Success isn’t winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can’t control all of them.
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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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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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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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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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If 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.
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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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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.
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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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