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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.

Aimee Mullins

I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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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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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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Everything Mean Model
It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Creep Doubt Generate Incredibly Infectious May Momentum Outweight Self

Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.

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