True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being…that is the true glory of sport.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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 think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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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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I said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
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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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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don’t see on my CV. The stuff that doesn’t work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.
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