Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
AIMEE MULLINSHalf of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don’t think of them as disabled.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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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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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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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 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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Truthfully, the only real and consistent disability I’ve had to confront is the world ever thinking that I could be described by those definitions.
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It’s society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.
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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 feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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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 would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
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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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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