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.
AIMEE MULLINSI said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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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 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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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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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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Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don’t think of them as disabled.
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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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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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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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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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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is – before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful – do whatever makes you feel confident.
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