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.
AIMEE MULLINSSuccess isn’t winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can’t control all of them.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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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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There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled.
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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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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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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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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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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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