I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
AIMEE MULLINSIf you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
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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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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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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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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 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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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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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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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