Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don’t think of them as disabled.
AIMEE MULLINSPeople presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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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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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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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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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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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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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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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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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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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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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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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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