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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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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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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It’s society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.
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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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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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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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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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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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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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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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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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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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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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