It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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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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In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine.
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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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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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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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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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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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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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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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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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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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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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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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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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An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being…that is the true glory of sport.
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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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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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You feel impacted by not having it. It’s an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.
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The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is – before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful – do whatever makes you feel confident.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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