The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body’s normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.
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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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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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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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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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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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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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If it’s putting on a great dance record and rocking out in your apartment, do it. If kissing someone for 10 minutes makes you feel confident, do it.
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