For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn’t grow up being told that I was a disabled child.
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’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren’t necessarily the most wonderful athletes.
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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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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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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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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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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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The legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me – my mother’s side of the family have awful legs.
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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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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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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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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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