I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.
AIMEE MULLINSBelief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities that we all have.
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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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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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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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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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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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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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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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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 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.
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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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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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