I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
AIMEE MULLINSPamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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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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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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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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You amputate part of a nose, that’s ‘enhancement’. You put a prosthetic in a breast cavity, that’s ‘augmentation’. But you amputate part of a limb and put a prosthetic there, it’s ‘disability’?
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body’s normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.
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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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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 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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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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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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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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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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And I’m certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.
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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 learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.
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Success isn’t winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can’t control all of them.
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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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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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