Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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I hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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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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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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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 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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Truthfully, the only real and consistent disability I’ve had to confront is the world ever thinking that I could be described by those definitions.
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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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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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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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The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
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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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I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It’s not just about being able to run around the block a few times.
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