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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.

Aimee Mullins

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.’
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Amputee Below Bilateral Call Describe Hopefully Knee
If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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Beautiful Childhood Confident Feel Film Watch
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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Adapt All Bullet Everything Instant Point See Stuff Triumph
When I’m curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I’ve really explored it, I’m OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.
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Curious Explore Feel Really Something Take
Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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Happiness Life Living Own Rule
It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
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Disable Double Fact Make Objective Opinion Subjective
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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Athlete Defeat Elation Emotion Experience Glory Sport Success Teamwork Triumph
People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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Being Case Disability Insecurity People Presume Struggle
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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Beautiful Besides Kissing Out Sleep Water
You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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Certain Describe Illegitimate Impact Person Technology Thinking Word
You amputate part of a nose, that’s ‘enhancement’. You put a prosthetic in a breast cavity, that’s ‘augmentation’. But you amputate part of a limb and put a prosthetic there, it’s ‘disability’?
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Breast Cavity Disability Enhancement Nose Part
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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Children Community Disability Felt Growing Identity Ownership Up
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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Dream Easy People Point Responsibility Shape Some Yourself
It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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Enough Heel High Stilt Walk Woman
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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Adversity Ground Life Living Need Obstacle Order Resume
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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Different Every Factor Race Softball Sports Job Success Time Wining

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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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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