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.
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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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.
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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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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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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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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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 think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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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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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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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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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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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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