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.
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 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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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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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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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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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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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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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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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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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren’t necessarily the most wonderful athletes.
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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