I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
AIMEE MULLINSI have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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 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 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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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is – before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful – do whatever makes you feel confident.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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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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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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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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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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If it’s putting on a great dance record and rocking out in your apartment, do it. If kissing someone for 10 minutes makes you feel confident, do it.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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