I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
AIMEE MULLINSUps and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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I don’t know what it’s like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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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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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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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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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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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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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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I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It’s not just about being able to run around the block a few times.
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