I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
AIMEE MULLINSI have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
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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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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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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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Truthfully, the only real and consistent disability I’ve had to confront is the world ever thinking that I could be described by those definitions.
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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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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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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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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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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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The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body’s normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.
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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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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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