Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
AIMEE MULLINSIf you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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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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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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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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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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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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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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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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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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