Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
AIMEE MULLINSI like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It’s not just about being able to run around the block a few times.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can’t possibly speak for a diverse group of people.
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I haven’t had an easy life, but at some point ,you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you want to be.
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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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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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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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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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I said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
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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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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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