It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
AIMEE MULLINSBeauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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I have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
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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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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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When I watch Mad Men and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now,
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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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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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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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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