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 MULLINSConfidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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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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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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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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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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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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You amputate part of a nose, that’s ‘enhancement’. You put a prosthetic in a breast cavity, that’s ‘augmentation’. But you amputate part of a limb and put a prosthetic there, it’s ‘disability’?
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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 hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
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