The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
AIMEE MULLINSIn sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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You amputate part of a nose, that’s ‘enhancement’. You put a prosthetic in a breast cavity, that’s ‘augmentation’. But you amputate part of a limb and put a prosthetic there, it’s ‘disability’?
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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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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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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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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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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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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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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
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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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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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We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don’t see on my CV. The stuff that doesn’t work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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