I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can’t possibly speak for a diverse group of people.
AIMEE MULLINSYou 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’?
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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I have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
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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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The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
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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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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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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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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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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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