I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
AIMEE MULLINSAdversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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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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I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.
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The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
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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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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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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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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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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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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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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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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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In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine.
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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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