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.
AIMEE MULLINSTrue beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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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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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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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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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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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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At some point in every person’s life, you will need an assisted medical device – whether it’s your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacemaker. The prosthetic generation is all around us.
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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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Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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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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