Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
AIMEE MULLINSPamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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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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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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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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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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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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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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