Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
AIMEE MULLINSTruthfully, the only real and consistent disability I’ve had to confront is the world ever thinking that I could be described by those definitions.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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I’m not running around as a continual ray of sunshine. It’s just I don’t believe in wasting time feeling sorry for myself. Get over it.
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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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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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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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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 best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is – before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful – do whatever makes you feel confident.
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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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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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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I have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can’t possibly speak for a diverse group of people.
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In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine.
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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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