I said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
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 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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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And I’m certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.
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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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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 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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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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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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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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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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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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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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