I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It’s not just about being able to run around the block a few times.
AIMEE MULLINSA lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
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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 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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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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There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled.
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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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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Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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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 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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It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is – before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful – do whatever makes you feel confident.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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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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