It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
AIMEE MULLINSPeople presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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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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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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If it’s putting on a great dance record and rocking out in your apartment, do it. If kissing someone for 10 minutes makes you feel confident, do it.
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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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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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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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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.
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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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