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.
AIMEE MULLINSLife is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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 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 think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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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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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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When I watch Mad Men and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now,
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I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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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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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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