The only true disability is a crushed spirit
AIMEE MULLINSThe idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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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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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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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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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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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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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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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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