I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
AIMEE MULLINSI 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’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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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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I have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
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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 admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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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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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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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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I’m not running around as a continual ray of sunshine. It’s just I don’t believe in wasting time feeling sorry for myself. Get over it.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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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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