Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
AIMEE MULLINSConfidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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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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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 think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘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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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 have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
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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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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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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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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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At some point in every person’s life, you will need an assisted medical device – whether it’s your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacemaker. The prosthetic generation is all around us.
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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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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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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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