I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
AIMEE MULLINSYou know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being…that is the true glory of sport.
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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It’s society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.
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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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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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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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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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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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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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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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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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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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