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.
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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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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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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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’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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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 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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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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You feel impacted by not having it. It’s an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can’t possibly speak for a diverse group of people.
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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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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Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren’t necessarily the most wonderful athletes.
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The legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me – my mother’s side of the family have awful legs.
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