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.
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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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.
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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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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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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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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities that we all have.
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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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