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I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.

Aimee Mullins

The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body’s normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.
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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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Everything Mean Model
When I watch Mad Men and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now,
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Attitude Mad Men Now Shocking Watch Women
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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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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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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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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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
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Creep Doubt Generate Incredibly Infectious May Momentum Outweight Self
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 hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
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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.
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At some point in every person’s life, you will need an assisted medical device – whether it’s your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacemaker. The prosthetic generation is all around us.
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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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You feel impacted by not having it. It’s an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.
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I haven’t had an easy life, but at some point ,you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you want to be.
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Dream Easy People Point Responsibility Shape Some Yourself

I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.

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